Sørreisa Church

Sørreisa Church or Tømmervik Church (Norwegian: Sørreisa kirke / Tømmervik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sørreisa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the village of Sørreisa at Tømmervika, near the shore of the Reisafjorden. It is the main church for the Sørreisa parish which is part of the Senja prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wood and steel church was built in a square-shaped design in 1992 by the architect Viggo Ditlefsen. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Sørreisa Church
Tømmervik Church
Sørreisa kirke
Tømmervik kirke
View of the church
Sørreisa Church
Tømmervik Church
Location of the church
Sørreisa Church
Tømmervik Church
Sørreisa Church
Tømmervik Church (Norway)
LocationSørreisa, Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1844
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Viggo Ditlefsen
Architectural typeSquare
Completed1992
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsSteel and wood
Administration
ParishSørreisa
DeanerySenja prosti
DioceseNord-Hålogaland

History

The original church in Sørreisa was built on this site in 1844. The church building was octagonal and it was designed by the architect Christian H. Grosch. That church building burned down in 1987 and a new church was built on the same site in 1992. The new church is a square-shaped church that is larger than the old church. The interior of the new church has an octagonal-shaped sanctuary in the center of the square building that corresponds the outline of the old church. Surrounding the sanctuary are overflow rooms, a sacristy, and bathrooms.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Tømmervik kirke, Sørreisa". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  3. "Sørreisa hovedkirke" (in Norwegian). Arkitekturguide: Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
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