Vardø Church

Vardø Church
Vardø kirke

View of the church
Vardø Church
Location in Finnmark
Vardø Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°22′13″N 31°06′43″E / 70.370278°N 31.111944°E / 70.370278; 31.111944
Location Vardø, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
History
Consecrated 5 Oct 1958
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Eyvind Moestue
Completed 1958
Specifications
Capacity 496
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Vardø
Deanery Varanger prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Vardø Church (Norwegian: Vardø kirke) is a parish church in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vardø. The church is part of the Vardø parish in the Varanger deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in 1958 in a modern style. It has a high roof with a steep pitch, with a tall triangular steeple. The church was designed by Eyvind Moestue. It was consecrated on 5 October 1958.[1]

History

Exterior view

The church in Vardø dates back to 1307 when the oldest known church was consecrated. Several churches have been on this site. The previous church from 1869 was burned down by the retreating Germans near the end of World War II. The parishioners met in a temporary house church from 1944 until the present church was completed in 1958.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vardø kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  2. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Vardø kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-03-01.



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