Lyngen Church

Lyngen Church
Lyngen kirke

View of the church
Lyngen Church
Location in Troms
Lyngen Church
Location in Troms
Coordinates: 69°34′32″N 20°13′00″E / 69.5755°N 20.2168°E / 69.5755; 20.2168
Location Lyngen, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1782
Specifications
Capacity 310
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Lyngen
Deanery Nord-Troms prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Lyngen Church (Norwegian: Lyngen kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Karlsøy in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lyngseidet. The church is part of the Lyngen parish in the Nord-Troms deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1782 and was extensively remodeled in 1846. The roof is made of red panels and the steeple is clad in copper. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

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References

  1. "Lyngen kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2012-12-16.



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