Sørreisa Church or Tømmervik Church () is a
parish church
A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...
of the
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway (, , , ) is an Lutheranism, evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. Christianity became the state religion of Norway around 1020, and was established a ...
in
Sørreisa Municipality
Sørreisa () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Sørreisa (village), Sørreisa. Other villages include Grunnreisa, Skø ...
in
Troms
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county,
Norway
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. It is located about northwest of the village of
Sørreisa at Tømmervika, near the shore of the
Reisafjorden. It is one of the churches for the Sørreisa
parish
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which is part of the
Senja prosti (
deanery
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) in the
Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wood and steel church was built in a
square-shaped design in 1992 using plans drawn up by the
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
Viggo Ditlefsen. The church seats about 300 people.
History
The original church in Sørreisa was built on this site in 1844. The church building was
octagon
In geometry, an octagon () is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.
A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, which alternates two types of edges. A truncated octagon, t is a ...
al and it was designed by the
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
Christian H. Grosch. That church building burned down in 1987 and a new church was built on the same site in 1992. The new church is a square-shaped church that is larger than the old church. The interior of the new church has an
octagon
In geometry, an octagon () is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.
A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, which alternates two types of edges. A truncated octagon, t is a ...
al-shaped
sanctuary
A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred space, sacred place, such as a shrine, protected by ecclesiastical immunity. By the use of such places as a haven, by extension the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This seconda ...
in the center of the square building that corresponds the outline of the old church. Surrounding the sanctuary are overflow rooms, a
sacristy
A sacristy, also known as a vestry or preparation room, is a room in Christianity, Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records.
The sacristy is us ...
, and bathrooms.
Media gallery
Sørreisa church front.jpg,
Sørreisa church back.jpg,
Sørreisa gml kirke fra NB U2 (cropped).jpg, View of the original church (1844-1987)
See also
*
List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland
This list of churches in Nord-Hålogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Finnmark and Troms counties. The diocese is based at the Tromsø Cathedral in the ...
References
External links
Floorplan of the church
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Sørreisa
Churches in Troms
20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1992
1844 establishments in Norway
Rectangular churches in Norway