Sandtorg Church

Church in Troms, Norway

68°41′00″N 16°31′54″E / 68.68341939°N 16.53153669°E / 68.68341939; 16.53153669LocationHarstad Municipality, TromsCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1933Consecrated13 July 1933ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Sigurd BjørhovdeArchitectural typeLong churchStyleSwiss chalet styleCompleted1933 (91 years ago) (1933)SpecificationsCapacity250MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNord-HålogalandDeaneryTrondenes prostiParishSandtorg

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TypeChurchStatusListedID85393

Sandtorg Church (Norwegian: Sandtorg kirke or Sørvik-kirka) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørvika on the east side of the island of Hinnøya. It is one of the churches for the Sandtorg parish which is part of the Trondenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design and a Swiss chalet style in 1933 using plans drawn up by the architect Sigurd Bjørhovde. The church seats about 250 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The old Trondenes Municipality was long and the old Trondenes Church was located at the north end of the municipality, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) away. For many years, the people in the southern part of the municipality pushed for their own church. In 1918, the architect Sigurd Bjørhovde was hired to design a church by redesigning and enlarging an old meeting house that the municipality owned. The architect raised the roof of the old building and tried to use Swiss chalet style elements in the whole design. Due to hard economic times, the municipality did not have the funding until 1932. The church was completed in 1933 and it was consecrated on 13 July 1933 by the Bishop Eivind Berggrav.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Sandtorg kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ "Sandtorg Church". Arkitekturguide. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
^ "Sandtorg kirke". LokalHistorieWiki (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.