Havøysund Church

Havøysund Church
Havøysund kirke

View of the church
Havøysund Church
Location in Finnmark
Havøysund Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°59′47″N 24°39′25″E / 70.996389°N 24.656944°E / 70.996389; 24.656944
Location Måsøy, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Esben Poulsson
Completed 1960
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Concrete and wood
Administration
Parish Måsøy
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Havøysund Church (Norwegian: Havøysund kirke) is the main parish church in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Havøysund on the island of Havøya. The church is part of the Måsøy parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. Like most other churches in Finnmark, Havøysund church was burned down by the Germans during the evacuation of Finnmark in 1944. The new church, which was completed in 1960, is a church built of whitewashed concrete and dark wooden timbers and it was designed by architect Esben Poulsson. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Havøysund kirke, Måsøy" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  2. ↑ "Havøysund kirke". Arkitekturguide: Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 2013-02-10.



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