Bodø Cathedral [SEP] material used
for the new Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland, established in 1952.
Bodø Cathedral is built of concrete and has a basilica design. The church has an external sculpture depicting Petter Dass made by Kristoffer Leirdal. The sanctuary seats about 890 people. Over the altar in the east wall there is a high stained-glass window designed by Åge Storstein and constructed by Borgar Hauglid. The church has a tall free-standing clock tower that contains three bells. There is also a memorial to those who died from Bodø during the
Hålogaland and Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. Krohn-Hansen then moved from Tromsø to Bodø to lead the new Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The northern diocese used the Tromsø Cathedral as its headquarters, but the new diocese in the south didn't have its own cathedral. The new Bodø Cathedral was built and it was consecrated in 1956 by Krohn-Hansen. He retired in 1959 and served in some interim pastoral work during his retirement. Krohn-Hansen died in 1973.
Personal life.
He was married during