Kjøllefjord Church

Kjøllefjord Church (Norwegian: Kjøllefjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lebesby Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjøllefjord. It is one of the churches in the Lebesby parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1951 on the basis of designs by architect Finn Bryn (1890-1975). The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Kjøllefjord Church
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70.9457°N 27.3465°E / 70.9457; 27.3465
Location	Lebesby Municipality, Troms og Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Finn Bryn
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1951
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Lebesby
Deanery	Hammerfest prosti
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland

This was the first church which was rebuilt in Finnmark county after the end in the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany when the retreating German army had destroyed much of the infrastructure in Finnmark. The funding for the church was from the Kingdom of Denmark which gave it as a gift to help with the rebuilding after World War II.[3]

Old church (before WWII)

See also

• List of churches in Finnmark
• Liberation of Finnmark

References

1. "Kjøllefjord kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
2. Wenche Findal. "Finn Bryn". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
3. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-21.