Gamvik Church
| Gamvik Church | |
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| Gamvik kirke | |
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  Gamvik Church | |
| Coordinates: 71°03′56″N 28°14′49″E / 71.065556°N 28.246944°E | |
| Location | Gamvik, Finnmark |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas |
| Completed | 1958 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 224 |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Gamvik |
| Deanery | Hammerfest prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland |
Gamvik Church (Norwegian: Gamvik kirke) is a parish church in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gamvik. The church is part of the Gamvik parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.[1]
History
The first church in Gamvik was the Samekapellet (English: Sami Chapel) which was moved here in 1858 from Tana Municipality. That chapel was taken down and replaced with a new church in 1894. That church had 264 seats. That church was burned down on 5 November 1944 by the retreating German army near the end of World War II. The present church was constructed in 1957-1958 as the new main church for the municipality. It was designed by the architects Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. It was consecrated on 27 April 1958 by the Bishop Alf Wiig. The present Gamvik church is built of concrete and has 224 seats in the main room and 80 in the parish hall.[2]
Media gallery
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View of the interior
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Front of the church
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View of the back of the church
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View of the exterior
See also
References
- ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Gamvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-02-22.
- ↑ "Gamvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
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