Sekkemo Church

Sekkemo Church
Sekkemo kirke
View of the church
Sekkemo Church
Location in Troms
Sekkemo Church
Sekkemo Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 69°50′22″N 21°56′04″E / 69.8394°N 21.9344°E / 69.8394; 21.9344
Location Kvænangen, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 16 Sept 1956
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Olaug Kaasen
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1956
Specifications
Capacity 330
Administration
Parish Kvænangen
Deanery Nord-Troms prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Sekkemo Church (Norwegian: Sekkemo kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvænangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sekkemo. 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 long church style in 1956 by the architect Olaug Kaasen. The church seats about 330 people.[1][2]

The church was consecrated on 16 September 1956 by the Bishop Alf Wiig. It was built to replace the historic Skorpa Church as the main church for the municipality since Skorpa Church was on the island of Skorpa in the middle of the Kvænangen fjord and the majority of the population lived on the mainland. This new church was much more accessible to the people.[1][3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sekkemo kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Sekkemo Kirke" (in Norwegian). Kvænangen menighet. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
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