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Tromsø Cathedral (Norwegian: Tromsø domkirke) is a cathedral of the Church of Norway located in the city of Tromsø in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The cathedral is the church for the Tromsø Domkirkens parish. It is the headquarters for the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) and the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
The Cathedral of Our Lady [1] (Norwegian: Vår Frue domkirke), also commonly known as the Church of Our Lady, [2] is the Catholic cathedral of the city of Tromsø, Norway, [3] and seat of the prelature of the same name. It is the northernmost Catholic (and Christian in general) cathedral in the world. It is located on the Erling Bangsunds square.
The groundbreaking of the church was on 1 April 1964, and it was completed in 1965. [1] The new church was consecrated on 19 November 1965 by Bishop Monrad Norderval. [2] The church is built out of cast-in-place aluminium-coated concrete panels. [3] The shape of the church is believed to be a reference to the nearby twin-peaked island of Håja. [6]
Map of the church deaneries in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. This list of churches in Nord-Hålogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Finnmark and Troms counties. The diocese is based at the Tromsø Cathedral in the city of Tromsø in Tromsø ...
Elverhøy Church (Norwegian: Elverhøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the city of Tromsø. It is the church for the Elverhøy parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The church was built in its current ...
The church became the state church of Norway around 1020, [3] and was established as a separate church intimately integrated with the state as a result of the Lutheran reformation in Denmark–Norway which broke ties with the Holy See in 1536–1537; the King of Norway was the church's head from 1537 to 2012. Historically the church was one of ...
Tromsø, [b] officially the Tromsø Municipality, [c] is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Other notable settlements in the municipality include the villages of Bjerkaker, Ersfjordbotn, Jøvika, Kaldfjord, Kjosen, Kroken, Kvaløysletta, Lakselvbukt, Melvika, Movik, Oldervik, Sandneshamn, Sjursnes, Sommarøy, and Tromsdalen.
Domkirke means 'Cathedral' in Danish and Norwegian and may refer to: List of cathedrals in Norway. particularly Oslo Cathedral, Norway; List of cathedrals in Denmark.