Elverhøy Church

Elverhøy Church
Elverhøy kirke
View of Elverhøy Church
69°38′54.46″N 18°55′16.67″E
History
Founded	1974
Consecrated	1974
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Completed	1803
Specifications
Capacity	435
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Elverhøy
Deanery	Tromsø domprosti
Diocese	Nord-Hågoland

Elverhøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway. It is in Tromsø Municipality in Norway. The current church building was built in 1974. The original church, then known as Tromsø Church, was built in 1803 where Tromsø Cathedral is today. It served as the election church in 1814 for the city of Tromsø during Norway's first national elections.^[1] In 1861, the old church was dismantled and moved to a new location outside the city.^[2] It was eventually closed, dismantled, and moved again before being reopened as Elverhøy Church in its present location. The church now has a red, wooden exterior with a large steeple over the main entrance,^[3][4] and it can seat about 435 people.^[5][6]

References

1. "Valgkirkene – lokalhistoriewiki.no". lokalhistoriewiki.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-04-28.
2. "ELVERHØY KIRKE". elverhøykirke.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on March 2, 2019. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
3. "Elverhøy kirke- Landskirka". DEN NORSKE KIRKE. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
4. "Elverhøy kirke (Elverhøy Church)". The Arctic University of Norway. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
5. "OVERSIKT OVER NÅVÆRENDE KIRKER". kekonsulenten.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved April 28, 2023.
6. "Kirkesøk - Kirkebyggdatabasen". kirkesok.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-04-28.