Gamvik Church
Gamvik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gamvik. It is the main church for the Gamvik parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.History
The first church in Gamvik was the Samekapellet which was moved here in 1858 from Tana Municipality. That chapel was taken down and replaced with a new church in 1894. That church had 264 seats. That church was burned down on 5 November 1944 by the retreating German army near the end of World War II. The present church was constructed in 1957-1958 as the new main church for the municipality. It was designed by the architects Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. It was consecrated on 27 April 1958 by the Bishop Alf Wiig. The present Gamvik Church is built of concrete and has 224 seats in the main room and 80 in the parish hall.
