Helgøy Church

Helgøy Church
Helgøy kirke
Helgøy Church
Location in Troms
Helgøy Church
Location in Troms
Coordinates: 70°06′47″N 19°21′37″E / 70.1130°N 19.3603°E / 70.1130; 19.3603
Location Karlsøy, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 1889
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1742
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Karlsøy
Deanery Tromsø domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Helgøy Church (Norwegian: Helgøy kirke) is a historic parish church in the municipality of Karlsøy in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the island of Helgøya. The church is part of the Karlsøy parish in the Tromsø arch-deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The 350-seat church is no longer in regular use since the island of Helgøya is no longer populated. The church is used on occasion for special services, including one summer service each year.[1]

History

This church was originally built in 1741 in Hemnes in Helgeland. In 1872 it was taken down and moved to Hamn in Berg municipality on Senja island. It was rebuilt there as a church by the nickel plant. When the plant closed in 1888, the church was once again dismantled and moved to Helgøya to replace an earlier church building. It was consecrated on 7 March 1889 by the Bishop Johannes Skaar.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Helgøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-12-16.
  2. ↑ "Helgøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Karlsøy kommune. Retrieved 2012-12-16.



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