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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]
The deanery is headquartered at Vadsø Church in the town of Vadsø in Vadsø Municipality. [ 12 ] Varanger prosti was established on 14 May 1864 when the old Øst-Finnmark prosti was dissolved, moving Lebesby prestegjeld to the newly created Hammerfest prosti and the rest of the old deanery became Varanger prosti. [ 13 ]
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 ...
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.
Tromsø Cathedral, Norway's only wooden cathedral, built in 1861, is located in the middle of the city, and so is the small Catholic church Vår Frue ("Our Lady"). Northern Europe's oldest cinema still in use, Verdensteatret, was built in 1915–16.
LDS Church members in Norway have travelled to worship for many years in the Stockholm Sweden Temple. On April 4, 2021, during general conference, church president Russell M. Nelson announced the first temple for Norway, to be built in Oslo. [12] Until it is completed, members will continue to use those in the neighboring countries.