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Hammerfest Church

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Location
  
Hammerfest, Finnmark

Denomination
  
Church of Norway

Functional status
  
Active

Phone
  
+47 78 40 29 20

Status
  
Parish church

Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical

Architect(s)
  
Hans Magnus

Capacity
  
525

Completed
  
1961

Hammerfest Church

Address
  
Kirkegata, 9600 Hammerfest, Norway

Diocese
  
Diocese of Nord-HÃ¥logaland

Hammerfest Church (Norwegian: Hammerfest kirke) is the main parish church in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It located in the town of Hammerfest. The church is part of the Hammerfest parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-HÃ¥logaland. The church is the main church of the deanery. The stone/concrete church was built in 1961 by the architect Hans Magnus. The church seats about 525 people.

Throughout history there have been many churches in Hammerfest, dating back to about 1620. The previous church was burned down when the Germans withdrew from Finnmark in 1944. That church was situated near the present location. The current church was a part of the large reconstruction project in Hammerfest that was inaugurated in July 1961.

References

Hammerfest Church Wikipedia