Balsfjord Church | |
Fullname: | Balsfjord kirke |
Coordinates: | 69.3112°N 19.3466°W |
Location: | Balsfjord Municipality, Troms |
Country: | Norway |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Diocese: | Nord-Hålogaland |
Parish: | Balsfjord |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1856 |
Consecrated Date: | 19 Oct 1856 |
Architect: | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
Architectural Type: | Long church |
Materials: | Wood |
Capacity: | 400 |
Balsfjord Church (Norwegian: Balsfjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Balsfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located at Balsfjord, just north of the village of Tennes. It is one of the churches for the Balsfjord parish which is part of the Senja prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1856 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 400 people.[1] [2]