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Alta Church

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Location
  
Alta, Finnmark

Denomination
  
Church of Norway

Status
  
Parish church

Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical

Functional status
  
Active

Alta Church

Alta Church (Norwegian: Alta kirke) is a parish church in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the Bossekop area in the town of Alta. The church is part of the Alta parish in the Alta deanery in the Diocese of Nord-HÃ¥logaland. The white wooden church was built in 1858 and was consecrated by the Bishop Knud Gislesen. The architect was Stephen Henry Thomas. The church seats about 230 people. It was the main church for the municipality until 2013 when the Northern Lights Cathedral was built as the new main church for the municipality and deanery.

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Alta Church Wikipedia