Børselv Church

Church in Finnmark, Norway

70°19′02″N 25°32′32″E / 70.317178°N 25.5421159°E / 70.317178; 25.5421159LocationPorsanger Municipality, FinnmarkCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryFormer name(s)Børselv kapellStatusParish churchFounded1909Consecrated16 March 1958ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Valdemar Scheel HansteenArchitectural typeOctagonalCompleted1958 (66 years ago) (1958)SpecificationsCapacity300MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNord-HålogalandDeaneryIndre Finnmark prostiParishPorsanger

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

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Børselv Church (Norwegian: Børselv kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Børselv. 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 an octagonal style in 1958 using plans drawn up by the architect Valdemar Scheel Hansteen. The church seats about 300 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The first chapel in Børselv was built in 1909 by the architect K. Tessan. It was originally founded as a Sami mission chapel, called Børselv kapell. The chapel was burned down in 1944 when the retreating German army burned most buildings in Finnmark. After the war when funds were available (in 1957–1958), the church was rebuilt. The new church was consecrated on 16 March 1958.^[3]

References

^ "Børselv kapell" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
^ "Børselv kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 13 February 2021.