Arctic Cathedral
| Tromsdalen Church | |
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| Arctic Cathedral (Ishavskatedralen) Tromsøysund kirke / Tromsdalen kirke | |
 Arctic Cathedral illuminated by the midnight sun | |
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| Coordinates: 69°38′54″N 18°59′14″E / 69.6482°N 18.9871°E | |
| Location | Tromsø Municipality, Troms og Finnmark |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Consecrated | 19 November 1965[2] |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Jan Inge Hovig[3] |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Groundbreaking | 1 April 1964[1] |
| Completed | 1965 |
| Construction cost | 4,169,815 kr[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 600 |
| Materials | Cast-in-place aluminium-coated concrete panels[3] |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Tromsøysund |
| Deanery | Tromsø domprosti |
| Diocese | Nord-Hålogaland |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Listed |
| ID | 85668 |
Tromsdalen Church or the Arctic Cathedral (Norwegian: Tromsdalen kirke, Ishavskatedralen) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the Tromsdalen valley on the east side of the city of Tromsø. It is the church for the Tromsøysund parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The modern concrete and metal church was built in a long church style in 1965 using plans drawn up by the by the architect Jan Inge Hovig. The church seats about 600 people.[4][5]
Name[]
Formally, the church is named Tromsdalen Church or sometimes Tromsøysund Church (Norwegian: Tromsdalen kirke or Tromsøysund kirke). The church is commonly nicknamed the Ishavskatedralen which literally means "The Cathedral of the Arctic Sea" or simply the "Arctic Cathedral". Despite its nickname, it is a parish church and not, in fact, a cathedral as it is commonly called.[2]
Construction[]
The church was designed by the architect Jan Inge Hovig and is built mainly of concrete. The main contractor for the construction was Ing. F. Selmer A/S Tromsø.[1] The church is one of the most notable churches in Tromsø due to its design, although Tromsø does have other churches of interest, such as the Protestant Tromsø Cathedral, which is noted for being the only wooden cathedral in Norway, and the Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady, Tromsø.
The groundbreaking of the church was 1 April 1964 and it was completed in 1965.[1] The new church was consecrated on 19 November 1965 by the Bishop Monrad Norderval.[2] The church is built out of cast-in-place aluminium-coated concrete panels.[3]
In 1972, a glass mosaic was added to the eastern side, made by Victor Sparre.[3] The church acquired an organ built by Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri in 2005, with three manuals, pedal, 42 stops, and 2940 pipes.[2] It replaced the old opus nr. 12 organ delivered by Vestlandske Orgelverksted, Hareid, which had 22 voices and 124 keys.
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See also[]
- List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland
- Church of Norway
- Tromsø Cathedral – the Cathedral of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Visit Tromsø. "Ishavskatedralen". Archived from the original on 23 February 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Ishavskatetralen: The Cathedral". Tromsdalen Kirke. Archived from the original on 7 December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Arkitektguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. "Tromsdalen kirke".
- ^ "Tromsdalen kirke, Ishavskatedralen". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
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- Churches in Tromsø
- Churches in Troms
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1965
- 1965 establishments in Norway
- Culture of the Arctic
- Modernist architecture in Norway