Kistrand Church

Kistrand Church
Kistrand kirke
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70°27′23″N 25°13′42″E / 70.456391°N 25.228332°E / 70.456391; 25.228332
LocationPorsanger Municipality, Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1719
Consecrated7 Sept 1856
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1856 (168 years ago) (1856)
Specifications
Capacity160
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryIndre Finnmark prosti
ParishPorsanger
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84781

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]

  1. ^ "Kistrand kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 May 2018.