Old Karasjok Church

Old Karasjok Church
Karasjok gamle kirke
View of the church
69.466662°N 25.5037347°E / 69.466662; 25.5037347
Location	Karasjok Municipality, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Daniel Storch
Architectural type	Cruciform
Completed	1807 (218 years ago) (1807)
Specifications
Capacity	140
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland
Deanery	Indre Finnmark prosti
Parish	Karasjok
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84761

Old Karasjok Church (Norwegian: Karasjok gamle kirke) is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Karasjok Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Karasjok. It used to be the main church for the Karasjok parish which is part of the Indre Finnmark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The Old Karasjok Church is the oldest Lutheran church in Finnmark county, and the only building in the municipality to survive World War II undamaged. The church is no longer regularly used, but it is utilized occasionally for special situations such as weddings.^[1]

History

The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1807 on the basis of designs by the architect Daniel Storch. It served as the main parish church for Karasjok from 1807 until 1974 when the new Karasjok Church was completed. In 1858, the sacristy was enlarged by adding on to the building. Until 1902, the church had a domed turret, but in 1902 a steeple was built to replace the dome.^[2][3][4]

Media gallery

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  Karasjok kirke by John Savio (1927)
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See also

• List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland

References

1. "Karasjok Old Church". Sápmi Park. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
2. "Karasjok gamle kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
3. University of Tromsø. "Karasjok gamle kirke" (in Norwegian). Arkitekturguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
4. "Karasjok kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 13 February 2021.