Svalbard Church
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Tromsø domprosti | |
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Svalbard Church (
Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a rectangular design in 1958 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Magnus. The church seats about 140 people.[1][2]
It was the northernmost church in the world until 2017 when the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church was built in
The very isolated church has one minister and two other employees. Svalbard Church is the only church in Svalbard archipelago, but there is a
Svea and Ny-Ålesund.[5]
History
The first church at Longyearbyen was built from July to August in 1921. It was
Tirpitz and Scharnhorst, and in the ensuing fires, the church burned down. In 1956, the foundation stone for the new church was laid down. The architect was Hans Magnus, and the church was consecrated on 24 August 1958. The original silver altar candlesticks and baptismal bowl that were saved from the old church were used in the new church too.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Svalbard kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
- ^ "Svalbard Kirke". Visit Svalbard AS. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Take a tour of Russia's new, otherworldly Arctic military base". Alaska Dispatch Publishing. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Svalbard Kirke". Norsk senter for forskningsdat. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Om menigheten". Svalbard kirke (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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