Location Måsøy, Finnmark Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Opened 1960 Phone +47 454 81 055 | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Architect(s) Esben Poulsson Capacity 300 Status Parish church | |
Address Kirkeveien, 9690 Måsøy, Norway Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland Similar Ingøy Church, Kokelv Church, Mehamn Chapel, Skarsvåg Church, Kunes Chapel |
Havøysund Church (Norwegian: Havøysund kirke) is the main parish church in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Havøysund on the island of Havøya. The church is part of the Måsøy parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. Like most other churches in Finnmark, Havøysund church was burned down by the Germans during the evacuation of Finnmark in 1944. The new church, which was completed in 1960, is a church built of whitewashed concrete and dark wooden timbers and it was designed by architect Esben Poulsson. The church seats about 300 people.
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