Ullsfjord Church | |
Fullname: | Ullsfjord kirke |
Former Name: | Sjursnes kirke |
Coordinates: | 69.5326°N 19.6411°W |
Location: | Tromsø Municipality, Troms |
Country: | Norway |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Diocese: | Nord-Hålogaland |
Parish: | Ullsfjord |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1862 |
Consecrated Date: | 1862 |
Architect: | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
Architectural Type: | Long church |
Materials: | Wood |
Capacity: | 300 |
Ullsfjord Church (Norwegian: Ullsfjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sjursnes on the eastern shore of the Ullsfjorden. It is the main church for the Ullsfjord parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1862 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 300 people.[1] [2]