Kistrand Church | |
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Kistrand kirke | |
70°27′23″N 25°13′42″E / 70.456391°N 25.228332°E | |
Location | Porsanger Municipality, Finnmark |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1719 |
Consecrated | 7 Sept 1856 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1856 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 160 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Nord-Hålogaland |
Deanery | Indre Finnmark prosti |
Parish | Porsanger |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 84781 |
Kistrand Church (Norwegian: Kistrand kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kistrand. It is the main church for the Porsanger parish which is part of the Indre Finnmark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1856 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 160 people.[1][2]