Ingøy Church

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Ingøy Church
Ingøy kirke
Ingøy Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 71°05′04″N 24°03′30″E / 71.0844°N 24.0582°E / 71.0844; 24.0582
Location Måsøy, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Eyvind Moestue
Completed 1957
Specifications
Capacity 120
Materials Concrete and wood
Administration
Parish Måsøy
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Ingøy Church (Norwegian: Ingøy kirke) is a parish church in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ingøy on the island of Ingøya. The church is part of the Måsøy parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. Like most other churches in Finnmark, Ingøy church was burned down by the Germans during the evacuation of Finnmark in 1944. The new church, which was completed in 1957, is a simple, small, concrete and wood church, designed by architect Eyvind Moestue. The altarpiece was rescued when the old church was burning, and it now hangs behind the altar in the church. The subject is Jesus and his disciples at the Sea of Galilee when Jesus calms the storm. The picture was painted by Christian Sinding Larsen in 1930.[1]

History

The first known church at Ingøy was probably built during the 1300s. By the mid-1700s, Ingøya's population had declined to just a few people and in 1747 the old church in Ingøy was moved to Måsøya, where it was rebuilt as Måsøy Church. Ingøy had no church from 1747 until 1860 when a new church was constructed at Ingøy. This church was heavily damaged in a hurricane in the 1880s and had it to be rebuilt. That church remained until it was burned down by the German forces when they retreated from Finnmark in 1944. The current church was built between 1956-1957.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ingøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-02-10. 
  2. ↑ "Ingøy". Måsøy Museum. Retrieved 2013-02-10. 


Church of Norway churches in the Hammerfest deanery, Finnmark county, Norway


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