Havøysund Church

Havøysund Church
Havøysund kirke
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Havøysund Church Location in Finnmark Havøysund Church Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°59′47″N 24°39′25″E / 70.996389°N 24.656944°E
Location	Måsøy, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Esben Poulsson
Completed	1960
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Concrete and wood
Administration
Parish	Måsøy
Deanery	Hammerfest prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Havøysund Church (Norwegian: Havøysund kirke) is the main parish church in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Havøysund on the island of Havøya. The church is part of the Måsøy parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. Like most other churches in Finnmark, Havøysund church was burned down by the Germans during the evacuation of Finnmark in 1944. The new church, which was completed in 1960, is a church built of whitewashed concrete and dark wooden timbers and it was designed by architect Esben Poulsson. The church seats about 300 people.^[1][2]

See also

• List of churches in Finnmark

References

1. "Havøysund kirke, Måsøy" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
2. "Havøysund kirke". Arkitekturguide: Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 2013-02-10.