Kåfjord Church (Finnmark)

Kåfjord Church
Kåfjord kirke

View of the church
Kåfjord Church
Location in Finnmark
Kåfjord Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 69°56′20″N 23°01′43″E / 69.9390°N 23.0286°E / 69.9390; 23.0286
Location Alta, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1837
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Alta
Deanery Alta prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Kåfjord Church (Norwegian: Kåfjord kirke) is a parish church in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kåfjord. The church is part of the Alta parish in the Alta deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1837 and it was consecrated by the Bishop Peder Kjerschow. It is the oldest surviving church in Alta municipality. The church seats about 300 people.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kåfjord kirke, Alta" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-01-22.



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