Nesseby Church

Nesseby Church (Norwegian: Nesseby kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nesseby Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nesseby, overlooking the Varangerfjorden. It is the church for the Nesseby parish which is part of the Indre Finnmark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The prayer books in this church are in the Northern Sami language, since that is the predominant language for the people of the area.

Nesseby Church
Nesseby kirke
View of the church
Nesseby Church
Location of the church
Nesseby Church
Nesseby Church (Norway)
70.1449°N 28.8606°E / 70.1449; 28.8606
LocationNesseby Municipality, Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1858
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishNesseby
DeaneryIndre Finnmark prosti
DioceseNord-Hålogaland

Designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch and built of wood in 1858, it has seats for 250 people. It was fully restored in 1983. The church has a narrow choir whose floor is higher than that of the nave. There are sacristies beside the choir, which has a lower ceiling, of a type called a "saddle ceiling", than that of the nave. The roof is supported by wooden columns which separate the central nave from two side-naves. This style was used in churches designed by Grosch in the 1850s. The nave is also distinguished from the two side-naves by the fact that the latter have lower ceilings, a feature which, apparently,[1] Grosch derived from German church design.[2][3]

Adjacent to the church is what is regarded by some as the oldest chapel in the Varanger area, dating from the 18th century.[4]

  • View of the church on the little peninsula
  • View of the church from a distance

See also

References
  1. "Nesseby kirke". University of Tromsø - Architecture guide to Northern Norway and Svalbard.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  3. "Nesseby kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
  4. "Nesseby Church". VisitNorway.com.
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