Lebesby Church

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Lebesby Church
70°34′23″N27°00′14″E / 70.573141°N 27.003938°E / 70.573141; 27.003938 Coordinates: 70°34′23″N27°00′14″E / 70.573141°N 27.003938°E / 70.573141; 27.003938
Location Lebesby Municipality,
Troms og Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1834
Consecrated 1962
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Odd Borgrud Pedersen
Architectural type Rectangular
Completed1962(59 years ago) (1962)
Specifications
Capacity170
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Lebesby
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID 84921

Lebesby Church (Norwegian : Lebesby kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lebesby Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lebesby. It is one of the churches for the Lebesby parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The brown, wooden church was built in a rectangular style in 1962, eighteen years after the old church (built in 1881) was burned down during the German withdrawal from Finnmark during World War II. This church was designed by the architect Odd Borgrud Pedersen. The church seats about 170 people and it was consecrated in 1962. [1] [2]

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History

The first church built in Lebesby was in 1834. In 1881, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. In 1944, the church was burned down by the retreating German army at the end of World War II. In 1962, a new church was built on the same site to replace the previous building. [3]

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References

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  3. "Lebesby kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage . Retrieved 13 February 2021.