Kanebogen Church

Kanebogen Church
Kanebogen kirke
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68°46′50″N 16°34′08″E / 68.7805354°N 16.5687743°E / 68.7805354; 16.5687743
LocationHarstad Municipality, Troms
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1996
Consecrated19 December 1999
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Ivar Tolo and Jim Myrstad
Architectural typeRectangular
Groundbreaking1996
Completed1999 (26 years ago) (1999)
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood and concrete
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryTrondenes prosti
ParishKanebogen

Kanebogen Church (Norwegian: Kanebogen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the Kanebogen area of the town of Harstad on the island of Hinnøya. It is the church for the Kanebogen parish which is part of the Trondenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wood and concrete church was built in a rectangular style in 1999 using plans drawn up by the architects Ivar Tolo and Jim Myrstad. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

History

The church was built to replace the old Fredly Chapel that burned down on this site in 1984. After many years of planning, authorization for the new church was given and it was to be upgraded to a full parish church, rather than the chapel status of its predecessor. The congregation met in a rented room in a shopping centre while funds for the new church were raised. The church was completed in 1999, and as such it was the last new church building completed in Norway prior to the turn of the new millennium. The church was consecrated on 19 December 1999 by the Bishop Ola Steinholt.[3][4]

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References

  1. ^ "Kanebogen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Kanebogen kirke" (in Norwegian). Norske Kirkebygg. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Kanebogen kirke (Kanebogen Church)". Arkitekturguide (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.