Harstad Church

Harstad Church (Norwegian: Harstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Harstad. It is the church for the Harstad parish which is part of the Trondenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1958 by the architect Jan Inge Hovig. The church seats about 600 people.[1][2]

Harstad Church
Harstad kirke
View of the church
Harstad Church
Location of the church
Harstad Church
Harstad Church (Norway)
LocationHarstad, Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Jan Inge Hovig
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1958
Specifications
Capacity600
MaterialsConcrete
Administration
ParishHarstad
DeaneryTrondenes prosti
DioceseNord-Hålogaland

The church was one of the first arbeidskirker in Norway. This type of church is a more modern church that includes a church hall, office, kitchen, and bathrooms as opposed to the traditional one-room churches that were built for centuries in Norway.[3]

See also
  • List of churches in Troms

References
  1. "Harstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
  3. "Om Harstad kirke" (in Norwegian). Harstad kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
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