Kjøllefjord Church

Kjøllefjord Church
Kjøllefjord kirke

View of the church
Kjøllefjord Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°56′45″N 27°20′47″E / 70.9457°N 27.3465°E / 70.9457; 27.3465
Location Lebesby, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Finn Bryn
Completed 1951
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Kjøllefjord
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Kjøllefjord Church (Norwegian: Kjøllefjord kirke) is a parish church in Lebesby Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjøllefjord. The church is part of the Kjøllefjord parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, stone church was designed by the architect Finn Bryn, and the building seats about 300 people. It was built in 1951 and it was a gift from Denmark after the Second World War. It was also the first church that was rebuilt in Finnmark county after the war.[1]

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References

  1. "Kjøllefjord kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-02-20.



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