Nordreisa Church
| Nordreisa Church | |
|---|---|
| Nordreisa kirke | |
 View of the church, c. 1938 | |
  Nordreisa Church Location in Troms  Nordreisa Church Nordreisa Church (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 69°46′11″N 21°01′59″E / 69.7696°N 21.0331°E | |
| Location | Nordreisa, Troms |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Consecrated | 8 Oct 1856 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1856 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 350 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Nordreisa |
| Deanery | Nord-Troms prosti |
| Diocese | Nord-Hålogaland |
Nordreisa Church (Norwegian: Nordreisa kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Storslett. It is the church for the Nordreisa parish which is part of the Nord-Troms prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1856 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 350 people. The building was consecrated on 8 October 1856 by the Bishop Knud Gislesen.[1][2]
During the last winter of World War II (1944-1945), the church was used as a residence for German soldiers, and the service building nearby was used as a horse stable. The church was spared during the burning of Finnmark and Northern Troms by the retreating German Army in 1945. Much of the church inventory disappeared during this period, but a few years after the war they found baptismal bowl from 1856 in a pile of horse manure.[3]
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References
- ↑ "Nordreisa kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- ↑ "Nordreisa kirke" (in Norwegian). Nordreisa sokn. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
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