Polmak Church

Polmak Church
Polmak kirke
View of the church
70°04′30″N27°59′44″E / 70.0751096°N 27.995556°E / 70.0751096; 27.995556
Location	Deatnu-Tana Municipality, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1853
Consecrated	27 March 1853
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	J.H. Nebelong
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1853(172 years ago) (1853)
Specifications
Capacity	120
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland
Deanery	Indre Finnmark prosti
Parish	Tana
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	85262

Polmak Church (Norwegian : Polmak kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Polmak, just east of the border with Finland. It is one of the churches for the Tana parish which is part of the Indre Finnmark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1853 using plans drawn up by the architect J.H. Nebelong. The church seats about 120 people. ^{[1] [2]}

History

In 1847, the King authorized the construction of a new church in Polmak. The church was consecrated on 27 March 1853 by the local Provost Søren Christian Sommerfelt. The church is one of the few in Finnmark that were not burned by the retreating German army near the end of World War II. By the end of the war, the church was in need of repairs, so the Riksantikvaren commissioned Trond Dancke to renovate and improve the building in 1959. The entryway was rebuilt and the nave expanded during this renovation. ^[3]

In 2014, the former parish of Polmak was merged into the parish of Tana. Previously, Polmak parish was made up of one church, after the merger, the new Tana parish included three churches. ^[4]

See also

• List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland

References

1. "Polmak kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. "Polmak kirke". Arkitekturguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
4. "Sammenslåing av Polmak og Tana sokn" (in Norwegian). Deanu gielda–Tana kommune. 10 September 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2018.