Alta Church

Alta Church
Alta kirke

View of the church
Alta Church
Location in Finnmark
Alta Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 69°57′53″N 23°15′06″E / 69.9646°N 23.2518°E / 69.9646; 23.2518
Location Alta, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Stephen Henry Thomas
Completed 1858
Specifications
Capacity 230
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Alta
Deanery Alta prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Alta Church (Norwegian: Alta kirke) is a parish church in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the Bossekop area in the town of Alta. The church is part of the Alta parish in the Alta deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1858 and was consecrated by the Bishop Knud Gislesen. The architect was Stephen Henry Thomas. The church seats about 230 people. It was the main church for the municipality until 2013 when the Northern Lights Cathedral was built as the new main church for the municipality and deanery.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alta kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-01-22.



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