Måsøy Church

Måsøy Church
Måsøy kirke
Måsøy Church
Location in Finnmark
Måsøy Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 71°00′30″N 24°59′57″E / 71.0084°N 24.9991°E / 71.0084; 24.9991
Location Måsøy, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Eyvind Moestue
Completed 1953
Specifications
Capacity 120
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Måsøy
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Måsøy Church (Norwegian: Måsøy kirke) is a parish church in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Måsøy on the island of Måsøya. The church is part of the Måsøy parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white concrete church was built in 1953 and seats about 120 people.[1]

History

The first church on Måsøya was built in 1747 when the old Ingøy Church was moved here and rebuilt. That church lasted for some time. A new church was built on Måsøya in 1865. Like most other churches in Finnmark, Måsøy Church was burned down by the Germans during the evacuation of Finnmark in 1944. A new church was completed in 1953 to replacet the old one. It was built a little south of the old church site. The new church was designed by architect Eyvind Moestue to have the same principal setup as the earlier timber church built in 1865.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Måsøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  2. ↑ "Måsøy". Måsøy Museum. Retrieved 2013-02-10.



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