Gratangen Church

Gratangen Church
Gratangen kirke
Gratangen Church
Location in Troms
Coordinates: 68°41′24″N 17°33′08″E / 68.6900°N 17.5521°E / 68.6900; 17.5521
Location Gratangen, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Oskar Norderval
Completed 1971
Specifications
Capacity 230
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Gratangen
Deanery Trondenes prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Gratangen Church (Norwegian: Gratangen kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Gratangen in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Årstein, along the shore of the Gratangen fjord. The church is part of the Gratangen parish in the Trondenes deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The concrete and glass church was designed by the architect Oskar Norderval, the son of Bishop Monrad Norderval. The church was built in 1971 and it seats about 230 people.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Gratangen kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. "Gratangen og kirken" (in Norwegian). Gratangen kirkelige fellesråd.


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