Kautokeino Church

Kautokeino Church
Kautokeino kirke
View of the church View of the church
Kautokeino Church Location in Finnmark
Location	Kautokeino Municipality, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Finn Bryn
Completed	1958
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Kautokeino
Deanery	Indre Finnmark prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Kautokeino Church (Norwegian: Kautokeino kirke) is a parish church in Kautokeino Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kautokeino. The church is part of the Kautokeino parish in the Indre Finnmark deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red wooden church was built by the architect Finn Bryn in 1965 to replace the older church that was burned down by the Germans near the end of World War II. The present church seats about 300 people. The previous church building was built in 1701 and it was one of the oldest buildings in all of Finnmark when the Germans burned it down.

Kautokeino Church
View of the old church building (1701-1944) View of the old church building (1701-1944)  Inside Kautokeino Church, facing the altar. Inside Kautokeino Church, facing the altar.  Inside Kautokeino Church, facing the church organ and the public entrance/exit. Inside Kautokeino Church, facing the church organ and the public entrance/exit.

See also

• List of churches in Finnmark