Sengskroken Church Explained

Sengskroken Church
Fullname:Sengskroken kirke
Former Name:Sengskroken kapell
Coordinates:70.1529°N 19.6702°W
Location:Karlsøy Municipality, Troms
Country:Norway
Denomination:Church of Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Diocese:Nord-Hålogaland
Parish:Karlsøy
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1962
Consecrated Date:2 Sept 1962
Architect:Knut P. Bugge
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Wood
Capacity:225

Sengskroken Church (Norwegian: Sengskroken kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karlsøy Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the western coast of the island of Vanna (also known as Vannøya). It is an annex church for the Karlsøy parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church (originally it was a "chapel") was built in a long church style in 1962 by the architect Knut P. Bugge. The church seats about 225 people.[1] [2]

History

In 1955, a meeting of the local residents on the island of Vanna was held in regards to the need for a church on the island. Land for a chapel was donated by a widow named Petro Hansen. When the work was started, most of the groundwork was done on a voluntary basis. The drawing of the building was the same as for Billefjord Chapel in Finnmark. The actual construction work was carried out by Trygve Larsen, Einar Klingenberg, Johannes Karlsen, and Birger Johansen. The costs totaled . The new chapel was consecrated on 2 September 1962 by the Bishop Monrad Norderval. In 2009, the classification of the chapel was upgraded to "church" status.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sengskroken kirke . 2018-07-20 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2018-07-20 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Sengskroken kirke . 2021-02-21 . Karlsøy kommune . Norwegian.