Harstad Church

Harstad Church (Norwegian: Harstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Harstad. It is the church for the Harstad parish which is part of the Trondenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1958 by the architect Jan Inge Hovig. The church seats about 600 people.[1][2]

Harstad Church
Harstad kirke
View of the church
Harstad Church Location of the church Harstad Church Harstad Church (Norway)
Location	Harstad, Troms og Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jan Inge Hovig
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1958
Specifications
Capacity	600
Materials	Concrete
Administration
Parish	Harstad
Deanery	Trondenes prosti
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland

The church was one of the first arbeidskirker in Norway. This type of church is a more modern church that includes a church hall, office, kitchen, and bathrooms as opposed to the traditional one-room churches that were built for centuries in Norway.[3]

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See also

• List of churches in Troms

References

1. "Harstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
3. "Om Harstad kirke" (in Norwegian). Harstad kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2018-07-28.