Brøstad Church () is a

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of the

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Dyrøy Municipality Dyrøy () is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Brøstadbotn. Other villages include Dyrøyhamn, Espenes, Holm, and Hundstrand. The municipality is the 270th largest by ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

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. It is one of the churches for the Dyrøy

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which is part of the Senja prosti (

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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style in 1937 using plans drawn up by the

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s Bersvend Thoresen Elvevold and Martin Jakobsen. The church seats about 180 people.

History

The church was built and

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d in 1937. The long church building has a tall tower over the main entrance. The

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is on the northeast end of the building and it is raised up a few steps from the main

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. In 1997, the church was renovated using plans by the architect Ottar Holtermann.

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History

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