Kirkenes Church is
situated on a slightly raised site
overlooking the sea at the edge of the town
centre.
The Arkitekturguide website says of it that,
"... The positioning of the church
follows the traditional pattern with
entrance to the west and the chancel to
the east. However, it is somewhat more
unusual that the tower is a vertical
extension of the chancel. The seating
capacity is 275. ....
.... The concrete church has slate
roofs. The design and choice of materials
are quite typical of many North Norwegian
churches from the reconstruction era
following World War 2, that is,
traditional shape with modern
materials. There were big
discussions about the location of the new
church, and in the end Kirkenes'
parishoners did get their wish fulfilled:
the new church was to be built in the same
place as the one they had lost."
The architect designed the
church in the 1940s but construction didn't
begin until 1957.
