| Svalbard Church | |
|---|---|
| Svalbard kirke | |
 View of the church | |
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| 78°13′11″N 15°37′07″E / 78.219800°N 15.618609°E | |
| Location | Svalbard |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Consecrated | 24 August 1958 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Hans Magnus |
| Architectural type | Rectangular |
| Completed | 1958 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 140 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Nord-Hålogaland |
| Deanery | Tromsø domprosti |
| Parish | Svalbard |
Svalbard Church (Norwegian: Svalbard kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Svalbard municipality in Norway. It is located in the village of Longyearbyen. It is the church for the Svalbard parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a rectangular design in 1958 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Magnus. The church seats about 140 people.[1][2]
It was the northernmost church in the world until 2017 when the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church was built in Nagurskoye air force base in Russia.[3][4]
The very isolated church has one minister and two other employees. Svalbard Church is the only church in Svalbard archipelago, but there is a Russian Orthodox chapel in Barentsburg. The Svalbard Church minister visits other communities on Svalbard including Svea and Ny-Ålesund.[5]
- ^ "Svalbard kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Svalbard Kirke". Visit Svalbard AS. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Take a tour of Russia's new, otherworldly Arctic military base". Alaska Dispatch Publishing. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Svalbard Kirke". Norsk senter for forskningsdat. Retrieved 1 November 2016.