Location Alta, Finnmark Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Address 9519 Kviby, Norway Capacity 160 | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Architect(s) Peer Stockholm Opened 1993 Status Parish church | |
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Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland Similar Komagfjord Church, Langfjord Church, Elvebakken Church, Talvik Church, Kåfjord Church | ||
Leirbotn Church (Norwegian: Leirbotn kirke) is a parish church in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leirbotn. The church is part of the Talvik parish in the Alta deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
History
The old church was made of wood in 1935. It was consecrated by Bishop Eivind Berggrav. The church had 256 seats and the tower had an onion dome. The old church caught on fire and burned to the ground on 18 June 1990. It was a day of mourning for the village and the congregation. The foundation stone for the new church was laid on 31 January 1993. The new, white, wooden church was completed in the fall of 1993 and it was consecrated on 17 October 1993 by the Bishop Ola Steinholt.
References
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