Elvebakken Church

Elvebakken Church (Norwegian: Elvebakken kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the Elvebakken area in the town of Alta. It is one of the churches for the Alta parish which is part of the Alta prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1964 using plans drawn up by the architect Håkon Soltveit. The church seats about 210 people.^[1][2]

Elvebakken Church
Elvebakken kirke
View of the church
69.971738°N 23.3695399°E / 69.971738; 23.3695399
Location	Alta Municipality, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1964
Consecrated	23 Aug 1964
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Håkon Soltveit
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1964 (60 years ago) (1964)
Specifications
Capacity	210
Materials	Concrete and wood
Administration
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland
Deanery	Alta prosti
Parish	Alta
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	84089

History

The people of the Elvebakken area of Alta began pushing for their own local church in 1911. They had been advocating moving the Kåfjord Church to Elvebakken when the copper plant closed. After World War I, people raised money to build a church in Elvebakken, but the banking crisis led to the money collected being lost when the Hammerfest Sparekasse bank failed. Then again in 1937, work to raise money began again. The church was consecrated on 23 August 1964 by the local provost Englund.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland

References

1. "Elvebakken kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
3. "Elvebakken kirke". Alta kirkelige fellesråd (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 February 2021.