Lakselv Church

Lakselv Church
Lakselv kirke
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70°03′01″N 24°57′11″E / 70.050356°N 24.952947°E / 70.050356; 24.952947
LocationPorsanger Municipality, Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1865
Consecrated1963
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Eyvind Moestue
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1963 (61 years ago) (1963)
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryIndre Finnmark prosti
ParishPorsanger
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID84885

Lakselv Church (Norwegian: Lakselv kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lakselv. It is one of the churches 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 1963 using plans drawn up by the architect Eyvind Moestue. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

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