Hammerfest Church

Hammerfest Church
Hammerfest kirke
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70°39′42″N 23°40′31″E / 70.661668°N 23.6751702°E / 70.661668; 23.6751702
LocationHammerfest Municipality, Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Foundedc. 1620
ConsecratedJuly 1961
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hans Magnus
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1961 (63 years ago) (1961)
Specifications
Capacity525
MaterialsConcrete
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryHammerfest prosti
ParishHammerfest
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84473

Hammerfest Church (Norwegian: Hammerfest kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Hammerfest. It is the 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 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Magnus. The church seats about 525 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Hammerfest kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 January 2013.