Kautokeino Church

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|name = Kautokeino Church

|fullname = {{native name list|tag1=no|name1=Kautokeino kirke|tag2=se|name2=Guovdageainnu girku}}

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|image = Kautokeino kirke.JPG

|caption = View of the church

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|location = Kautokeino Municipality, Finnmark

|country = Norway

|denomination = Church of Norway

|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran

|diocese = Nord-Hålogaland

|deanery = Indre Finnmark prosti

|parish = Kautokeino

|status = Parish church

|functional status = Active

|founded date = 1702

|consecrated date = 1958

|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|1958}}

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|architect = Finn Bryn

|architectural type = Long church

|style =

|materials = Wood

|capacity = 272

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|Type = Church

|Status = Not protected

|ID = 84768

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Kautokeino Church ({{langx|no|Kautokeino kirke}}, {{langx|se|Guovdageainnu girku}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kautokeino. It is the main church for the Kautokeino parish which is part of the Indre Finnmark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1958 using plans drawn up by the architect Finn Bryn.{{Cite web |last=Wenche Findal |title=Finn Bryn |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Finn_Bryn |access-date=2018-01-01 |publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon}} The church seats about 272 people.{{Cite web |title=Kautokeino kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/201100101 |access-date=2013-04-02 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2018-05-22 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}

History

The first church in Kautokeino was built in 1702 and it was one of the oldest buildings in all of Finnmark when the Germans burned it down near the end of World War II. After the war when funds were available, the church was rebuilt. It was completed in 1958.{{Cite web |last=University of Tromsø |title=Kautokeino kirke |url=http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/arkinord/categories.php?cat_id=279 |access-date=2013-04-02 |publisher=Arkitekturguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite web |title=Kautokeino kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=84768 |access-date=2021-02-13 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian}}

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