Balsfjord Church

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Balsfjord Church
69°18′40″N19°20′48″E / 69.311207°N 19.346637°E / 69.311207; 19.346637
Location Balsfjord Municipality, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1856
Consecrated 19 Oct 1856
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural type Long church
Completed1856(168 years ago) (1856)
Specifications
Capacity400
Materials Wood
Administration
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland
Deanery Senja prosti
Parish Balsfjord
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID 83848

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]

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  1. "Balsfjord kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 21 July 2018.