Kautokeino Church

Kautokeino Church (Norwegian: Kautokeino kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kautokeino Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kautokeino. It is the main church for the Kautokeino parish which is part of the Indre Finnmark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 18 by the architect Finn Bryn. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2][3]

Kautokeino Church
Kautokeino kirke
View of the church
Kautokeino Church Location of the church Kautokeino Church Kautokeino Church (Norway)
69.00333°N 23.04555°E
Location	Kautokeino, Troms og Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Events	Finn Bryn
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1958
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Kautokeino
Deanery	Indre Finnmark prosti
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland

The church was built in 1965 to replace an older church that was burned down by the Germans near the end of World War II. The previous church building was built in 1701 and it was one of the oldest buildings in all of Finnmark when the Germans burned it down.[4]

Media gallery

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  View of the old church building (1701-1944)
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  Inside Kautokeino Church, facing the altar.
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  Inside Kautokeino Church, facing the church organ and the public entrance/exit.
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  Altar

See also

• List of churches in Finnmark

References

1. "Kautokeino kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
3. Wenche Findal. "Finn Bryn". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
4. University of Tromsø. "Kautokeino kirke" (in Norwegian). Arkitekturguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 2013-04-02.