Stonglandet Church

Stonglandet Church (Norwegian: Stonglandet kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stonglandseidet on the south side of the island of Senja. It is the main church for the Tranøy parish which is part of the Senja prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1896 by the architect Ole Scheistrøen. The church seats about 240 people.[1][2][3]

View of the church

Stonglandet Church
Stonglandet kirke
View of the church, early 1900s
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Location	Senja, Troms og Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Ole Scheistrøen
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1895
Specifications
Capacity	240
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Tranøy
Deanery	Senja prosti
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland

See also

• List of churches in Troms

References

1. "Stonglandet kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
3. Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. p. 127. ISBN 8275270227.