Burfjord Church

Church in Troms, Norway

69°56′02″N 22°02′23″E / 69.933959°N 22.039751°E / 69.933959; 22.039751LocationKvænangen, TromsCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded2009Consecrated2009ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitectural typeRectangularCompleted2009 (15 years ago) (2009)SpecificationsMaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNord-HålogalandDeaneryNord-Troms prostiParishKvænangen

Burfjord Church (Norwegian: Burfjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvænangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Burfjord. It is one of the churches for the Kvænangen parish which is part of the Nord-Troms prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a rectangular style and it was first used as a bedehus chapel for a Laestadian congregation. On 5 July 2009, it was consecrated as a new church within the Church of Norway. The church seats about 80 people.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Burfjord kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 15 July 2018.