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Havøysund kirke

Havøysund kirke

Also known as Havøysund Church

Year

1960

Type

church

Havøysund burned with the rest of Finnmark when German forces withdrew in the winter of 1944-1945, and the congregation then worshipped in a hut for fifteen years while the village was rebuilt around them. Havøysund kirke, designed by…

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Timeline

  1. 1960

    Original construction

    Esben Poulsson

  2. 1961

    Completion

    The church, designed by Esben Poulsson, was consecrated on 26 November 1961 and taken into use. It brought to an end fifteen years in which the congregation had held its services in a temporary hut, and gave the town a permanent church…

    Esben Poulsson

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