Børselv Church

Børselv Church
Børselv kirke

View of the church
Børselv Church

Location in Finnmark

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]

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References

  1. "Børselv kapell" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-28.