Brøstad Church

Brøstad Church (Norwegian: Brøstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Dyrøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Brøstadbotn. It is one of the churches for the Dyrøy parish which is part of the Senja prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1937 using plans drawn up by the architects Bersvend Thoresen Elvevold and Martin Jakobsen. The church seats about 180 people.^[1][2]

Brøstad Church
Brøstad kirke
Coordinates: 69°04′42″N 17°41′30″E / 69.078415°N 17.691696°E / 69.078415; 17.691696
Location	Dyrøy Municipality, Troms og Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)	Brøstad kapell
Status	Parish church
Founded	1937
Consecrated	1937
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Bersvend Thoresen Elvevold and Martin Jakobsen
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1937 (86 years ago) (1937)
Specifications
Capacity	180
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland
Deanery	Senja prosti
Parish	Dyrøy
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	83966

History

The church was built and consecrated in 1937. The long church building has a tall tower over the main entrance. The choir is on the northeast end of the building and it is raised up a few steps from the main nave. In 1997, the church was renovated using plans by the architect Ottar Holtermann.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland

References

1. "Brøstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
3. "Brøstad kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 February 2021.