Finnsnes Church

Finnsnes Church
Finnsnes kirke
View of the church
Finnsnes Church
Location in Troms
Finnsnes Church
Finnsnes Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 69°13′49″N 17°59′08″E / 69.2303°N 17.9855°E / 69.2303; 17.9855
Location Lenvik, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Nils Toft
Architectural type Fan-shaped
Completed 1979
Specifications
Capacity 750
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish Lenvik
Deanery Senja prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Finnsnes Church (Norwegian: Finnsnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Dyrøy Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the central part of the town of Finnsnes. It is a church in the Lenvik parish which is part of the Senja prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, brick church was built in a fan-shaped style in 1979 by the architect Nils Toft. The church seats about 750 people. The building was consecrated by Bishop Kristen Kyrre Bremer.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. "Finnsnes kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  3. "Kirkene og kapellene" (in Norwegian). Lenvik menighet. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
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