Arctic Cathedral

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The Tromsdalen Church
General information
Type	Church
Location	Tromsø, Norway
Construction started	1 April 1964 [1]
Completed	1965
Inaugurated	19 November 1965 [2]
Cost	NOK 4,169,815 [1]
Technical details
Structural system	Cast-in-place aluminium-coated concrete panels [3]
Design and construction
Client	Tromsø Municipality
Main contractor	Ing. F. Selmer A/S Tromsø [1]
Architect	Jan Inge Hovig [3]
Website
http://www.ishavskatedralen.no

The Tromsdalen Church (Tromsdalen Kirke), also known as The Arctic Cathedral^[2] (Ishavskatedralen, literally "The Cathedral of the Arctic Sea"), is a church in Tromsø, Norway, built in 1965. The church is a parish church and not, in fact, a cathedral.

The church was designed by Jan Inge Hovig, and its building materials consist mainly of concrete. Because of the church's distinct look and situation, it has often been called "the opera house of Norway", likening it to the famous Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.^{[citation needed]} The church is probably the most famous landmark in Tromsø, although Tromsø does have another church of interest, the Tromsø Cathedral, which is noted for being the only wooden cathedral in Norway.

In 1972 it acquired a glass mosaic added to the eastern side, from the hands of Victor Sparre.^[3] The church acquired an organ built by Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri in 2005, with three manuals, pedal, 42 stops and 2940 pipes.^[2] It replaced the old opus nr. 12 organ delivered by Vestlandske Orgelverksted, Hareid, which had 22 voices and 124 keys.

Gallery

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  Arctic Cathedral Midnight Sun

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  View from inside

See also

• Church of Norway
• Tromsø Cathedral - the Cathedral of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

External links

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• The Arctic Cathedral

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Visit Tromsø. "Ishavskatedralen". http://www.visittromso.no/no/Artikler/Tromso_nyttig-info/Ishavskatedralen/. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Ishavskatedralen. "The Cathedral". http://www.ishavskatedralen.no/about-the-cathedral.135529.en.html. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Arkitektguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. "Tromsdalen kirke". http://www.ub.uit.no/baser/arkinord/categories.php?cat_id=192. 

Coordinates: 69°38′53″N 18°59′14″E / 69.648167°N 18.987360°E / 69.648167; 18.987360

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