Hammerfest Church

Hammerfest Church
Hammerfest kirke
View of the church
Hammerfest Church
Location of the church
Hammerfest Church
Hammerfest Church (Norway)
70°39′42″N 23°40′30″E / 70.661667°N 23.675°E / 70.661667; 23.675Coordinates: 70°39′42″N 23°40′30″E / 70.661667°N 23.675°E / 70.661667; 23.675
Location Hammerfest Municipality, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded c. 1620
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hans Magnus
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1961
Specifications
Capacity 525
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Hammerfest
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Hammerfest Church (Norwegian: Hammerfest kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Hammerfest. It is the main church for the Hammerfest parish which is the seat of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1961 by the architect Hans Magnus. The church seats about 525 people.[1][2]

History

Throughout history there have been many churches in Hammerfest, dating back to about 1620. The previous church was burned down when the Germans withdrew from Finnmark in 1944. That church was situated near the present location. The current church was a part of the large reconstruction project in Hammerfest that was inaugurated in July 1961.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Hammerfest kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  3. ↑ "Hammerfest kirke". Universitetsbiblioteket i Tromsø. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
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