Hillesøy Church

Hillesøy Church
Hillesøy kirke

View of the church
Hillesøy Church
Location in Troms
Hillesøy Church
Location in Troms
Coordinates: 69°35′53″N 18°01′54″E / 69.5981°N 18.0317°E / 69.5981; 18.0317
Location Tromsø, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) D. G. Evjen
Completed 1889
Specifications
Capacity 450
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Hillesøy
Deanery Tromsø domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Hillesøy Church (Norwegian: Hillesøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Tromsø in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the Brensholmen area on the western part of the island of Kvaløya. The church is part of the Hillesøy parish in the Tromsø arch-deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1889 and it seats about 450 people. The architect was D. G. Evjen.[1]

History

Originally, Hillesøy Church was located on the island of Hillesøya, just west of Sommarøy. The church seated about 150 people, but as time went on, the church became too small for the parish and it was decided to move the church to another location that was more central in the parish. A site at Brensholmen on the western coast of Kvaløya was chosen and the new church was built there in 1889.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hillesøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
  2. ↑ "Hillesøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Tromsø kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-12-13.



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