Grønnåsen Church (Norwegian: Grønnåsen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the Breivika area in the northern part of the city of Tromsø on the island of Tromsøya. It is the church for the Grønnåsen parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The gray, wooden church was built in a fan-shaped style in 1996 using designs drawn up by the architects E. Hallset and K. Ragnarsdottir. The church seats about 450 people.[1][2][3]
| Grønnåsen Church | |
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| Grønnåsen kirke | |
 View of the church | |
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| 69°40′46″N 18°57′39″E / 69.6793158°N 18.960725°E | |
| Location | Tromsø Municipality, Troms |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Consecrated | 1996 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | E. Hallset and K. Ragnarsdottir |
| Architectural type | Fan-shaped |
| Completed | 1996 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 450 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Nord-Hålogaland |
| Deanery | Tromsø domprosti |
| Parish | Grønnåsen |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Grønnåsen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ "Grønnåsen kirke" (in Norwegian). Tromsø kirkelige fellesråd. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.