Burfjord Church

Burfjord Church
Burfjord kirke
Burfjord Church
Location in Troms
Burfjord Church
Burfjord Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 69°56′17″N 22°03′07″E / 69.9380°N 22.0520°E / 69.9380; 22.0520
Location Kvænangen, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 2009
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architectural type Rectangular
Specifications
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kvænangen
Deanery Nord-Troms prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Burfjord Church (Norwegian: Burfjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvænangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Burfjord. It is one of the churches for the Kvænangen parish which is part of the Nord-Troms prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a rectangular style and it was first used as a bedehus for a Laestadian congregation. On 5 July 2009, it was consecrated as a new church within the Church of Norway. The church seats about 80 people.[1][2]

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References

  1. "Burfjord kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-15.


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