Location Tromsø, Troms Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Opened 1889 Status Parish church | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Architect(s) D. G. Evjen Capacity 450 | |
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Address Austeinvegen 39, 9118 Brensholmen, Norway Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland Similar Bentsjord Kapell, Kvaløy Church, Lakselvbukt Church, Kroken Church, Ullsfjord Church | ||
Hillesøy Church (Norwegian: Hillesøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Tromsø in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the Brensholmen area on the western part of the island of Kvaløya. The church is part of the Hillesøy parish in the Tromsø arch-deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1889 and it seats about 450 people. The architect was D. G. Evjen.
History
Originally, Hillesøy Church was located on the island of Hillesøya, just west of Sommarøy. The church seated about 150 people, but as time went on, the church became too small for the parish and it was decided to move the church to another location that was more central in the parish. A site at Brensholmen on the western coast of Kvaløya was chosen and the new church was built there in 1889.