Kanebogen Church ( no, Kanebogen kirke) is a
parish church of the
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...
in
Harstad Municipality in
Troms og Finnmark county,
Norway. It is located in the
Kanebogen area of the
town of Harstad on the island of
Hinnøya. It is the church for the Kanebogen
parish which is part of the
Trondenes prosti
Trondenes is an old parish and former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located along the western shore of the Vågsfjorden in what is now Harstad Municipality ...
(
deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...
) in the
Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wood and concrete church was built in a
rectangular style in 1999 using plans drawn up by the
architects Ivar Tolo and Jim Myrstad. The church seats about 400 people.
History
The church was built to replace the old
Fredly Chapel that burned down on this site in 1984. After many years of planning, authorization for the new church was given and it was to be upgraded to a full parish church, rather than the chapel status of its predecessor. The congregation met in a rented room in a shopping centre while funds for the new church were raised. The church was completed in 1999, and as such it was the last new church building completed in Norway prior to the turn of the new millennium. The church was
consecrate
Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...
d on 19 December 1999 by the Bishop
Ola Steinholt.
Media gallery
Kanebogen kirke.JPG,
Alter Kanebogen.jpg,
Alterparti Kanegbogen.jpg,
Altertavle Kanebogen.jpg,
Døpefont Kanebogen.jpg,
Grunnstein Kanebogen.jpg,
Orgel Kanebogen.jpg,
Prekestol Kanebogen.jpg,
See also
*
List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland
References
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Harstad
Churches in Troms
20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1999
1999 establishments in Norway
Concrete churches in Norway
Rectangular churches in Norway