Kvalsund Church

Church in Finnmark, Norway

70°30′06″N 23°58′38″E / 70.501711°N 23.977205°E / 70.501711; 23.977205LocationHammerfest Municipality, FinnmarkCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1736Consecrated1936ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Christian ThamsArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1936 (88 years ago) (1936)SpecificationsCapacity190MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNord-HålogalandDeaneryHammerfest prostiParishKvalsund

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusListedID84848

Kvalsund Church (Norwegian: Kvalsund kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvalsund. It is the church for the Kvalsund parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1936 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Thams. The church seats about 190 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The first church in Kvalsund was built in 1763. The church stood here until 1892 when it was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. The new church was designed by the architect Christian Thams. The church was built on unstable ground, so in 1936, the church was taken down and rebuilt on the present site.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
^ "Kvalsund kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
^ "Kvalsund kirke". Hammerfest kirkelige fellesråd (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "Kvalsund kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 14 February 2021.