Arctic Cathedral

Tromsdalen Church
Arctic Cathedral (Ishavskatedralen)
Tromsøysund kirke / Tromsdalen kirke
Arctic Cathedral illuminated by the midnight sun
Map
69°38′54″N 18°59′14″E / 69.6482°N 18.9871°E / 69.6482; 18.9871
LocationTromsø Municipality, Troms
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
Websitewww.ishavskatedralen.no
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated19 November 1965[2]
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Jan Inge Hovig[3]
Architectural typeLong church
StyleModernist
Groundbreaking1 April 1964[1]
Completed1965 (59 years ago) (1965)
Construction cost4,169,815 kr[1]
Specifications
Capacity600
MaterialsCast-in-place aluminium-coated
concrete panels[3]
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryTromsø domprosti
ParishTromsøysund
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85668

Tromsdalen Church or the Arctic Cathedral (Norwegian: Tromsdalen kirke, Ishavskatedralen) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the Tromsdalen valley on the east side of Tromsø. It is the church for the Tromsøysund parish, which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The modern concrete and metal church was built in a long church style in 1965 using plans drawn up by architect Jan Inge Hovig. The church seats about 600 people.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Visit Tromsø. "Ishavskatedralen". Archived from the original on 23 February 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ishavskatetralen.no was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Arkitektguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. "Tromsdalen kirke". Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Tromsdalen kirke, Ishavskatedralen" [Tromsdalen Church, Arctic Cathedral]. Kirkebyggdatabasen (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" [Overview Over Current Churches] (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2018.