Hillesøy Church

Hillesøy Church (Norwegian: Hillesøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the Brensholmen area on the western part of the island of Kvaløya. It is the church for the Hillesøy parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1889 by the architect D.G. Evjen. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Hillesøy Church
Hillesøy kirke
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Hillesøy Church
Location of the church
Hillesøy Church
Hillesøy Church (Norway)
LocationTromsø, Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)D.G. Evjen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1889
Specifications
Capacity304
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishHillesøy
DeaneryTromsø domprosti
DioceseNord-Hålogaland

History

Originally, Hillesøy Church was located on the island of Hillesøya, just west of Sommarøy. The church had been located there for several hundred years. The church was located there before the first church was built on the nearby island of Tromsøya in the 1200s. Several churches had been built over the centuries on that spot. In the 1800s, the church seated about 150 people, but as time went on, the church became too small for the parish and it was decided to move the church to another location that was more central in the parish. A site at Brensholmen on the western coast of Kvaløya was chosen and the new, larger church was built there in 1889.[3]

See also
  • List of churches in Troms

References
  1. "Hillesøy kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  3. "Hillesøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Tromsø kirkelige fellesråd. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
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