Location Ibestad, Troms Denomination Church of Norway Founded 13th century Address 9450 Hamnvik, Norway Capacity 500 | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Opened 1881 Status Parish church | |
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Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland | ||
Ibestad Church (Norwegian: Ibestad kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Ibestad in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hamnvik in eastern part of the island of Rolla. The church is part of the Ibestad parish in the Trondenes deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
History
The white, stone church was built in 1881 in a Neo-gothic style. The architect was J. A. Johansen from Trondheim. The church seats about 500 people. The current church is the most recent in a series of churches on the site dating back to the mid-13th century or early 14th century. The church building on the site just before the current church was built in the 1770s and that church replaced an even older church from the middle ages. Much of the stone used in the present church was recycled from the older churches and reused in the current church.