Børselv Church
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| Børselv Church | |
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| Børselv kirke | |
 View of the church | |
  Børselv Church | |
| Coordinates: 70°19′02″N 25°32′32″E / 70.3172°N 25.5422°E | |
| Location | Porsanger Municipality, Finnmark |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Børselv kapell |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Valdemar Scheel Hansteen |
| Style | Octagonal |
| Completed | 1958 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Porsanger |
| Deanery | Indre Finnmark prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland |
Børselv Church (Norwegian: Børselv kirke) is a parish church in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Børselv. The church is part of the Porsanger parish in the Indre Finnmark deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1958 and it seats about 300 people. Originally it was a Sami mission chapel, called Børselv kapell, but today it is a regular parish church.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Børselv kapell" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
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