Leirbotn Church

Church in Finnmark, Norway

70°07′08″N 23°23′51″E / 70.118764°N 23.397499°E / 70.118764; 23.397499LocationAlta Municipality, FinnmarkCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1935Consecrated17 Oct 1993ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Peer StockholmArchitectural typeRectangularCompleted1993 (31 years ago) (1993)SpecificationsCapacity160MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNord-HålogalandDeaneryAlta prostiParishTalvik

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

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Leirbotn Church (Norwegian: Leirbotn kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leirbotn. It is one of the churches for the Talvik parish which is part of the Alta prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a rectangular style in 1993 using plans drawn up by the architect Peer Stockholm. The church seats about 160 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The old, wooden church was built in 1935. It was consecrated by Bishop Eivind Berggrav. The church had 256 seats and the tower had an onion dome. The old church caught on fire and burned to the ground on 18 June 1990. It was a day of mourning for the village and the congregation. The foundation stone for the new church was laid on 31 January 1993. The new, white, wooden church was completed in the fall of 1993 and it was consecrated on 17 October 1993 by the Bishop Ola Steinholt.^[3]

References

^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ "Leirbotn kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
^ "Leirfjord kirke" (in Norwegian). Alta kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 15 February 2021.