Gamvik Church

Church in Finnmark, Norway

71°03′57″N 28°14′50″E / 71.065760°N 28.247247°E / 71.065760; 28.247247LocationGamvik Municipality, FinnmarkCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1858Consecrated27 April 1958ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Gudolf Blakstad and
Herman Munthe-KaasArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1958 (66 years ago) (1958)SpecificationsCapacity224MaterialsConcreteAdministrationDioceseNord-HålogalandDeaneryHammerfest prostiParishGamvik

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID84229

Gamvik Church (Norwegian: Gamvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gamvik. It is the main church for the Gamvik parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in a long church design in 1958 using plans drawn up by the architects Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. The church seats about 224 people.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

The first church in Gamvik was the Samekapellet (English: Sami Chapel) which was moved here in 1858 from Tana Municipality. That chapel was taken down and replaced with a new church in 1894 that was designed by the architect D. G. Evjen. That new church had 264 seats. On 5 November 1944 the retreating German army burned down the church near the end of World War II. The present church was constructed in 1957-1958 as the new main church for the municipality. It was designed by the architects Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. It was consecrated on 27 April 1958 by the Bishop Alf Wiig. The present Gamvik Church is built of concrete and has 224 seats in the main room and 80 in the parish hall.^[4]

Media gallery

View of the interior
Front of the church
View of the back of the church
View of the exterior
View of the area surrounding the church
View of the pulpit

References

^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ Store norske leksikon. "Gamvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 February 2013.
^ "Gamvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
^ "Gamvik kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 13 February 2021.