Nordreisa Church

Nordreisa Church (Norwegian: Nordreisa kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Storslett. It is the church for the Nordreisa parish which is part of the Nord-Troms prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1856 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 350 people. The building was consecrated on 8 October 1856 by the Bishop Knud Gislesen.[1][2]

Nordreisa Church
Nordreisa kirke
View of the church, c. 1938
Nordreisa Church
Location of the church
Nordreisa Church
Nordreisa Church (Norway)
LocationNordreisa, Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated8 Oct 1856
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1856
Specifications
Capacity350
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishNordreisa
DeaneryNord-Troms prosti
DioceseNord-Hålogaland

During the last winter of World War II (1944–1945), the church was used as a residence for German soldiers, and the service building nearby was used as a horse stable. The church was spared during the burning of Finnmark and Northern Troms by the retreating German Army in 1945. Much of the church inventory disappeared during this period, but a few years after the war a baptismal bowl from 1856 was found in a pile of horse manure.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Nordreisa kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  3. "Nordreisa kirke" (in Norwegian). Nordreisa sokn. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
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