Rossfjord Church () is a

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of the

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Senja Municipality Senja is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020 when the municipalities of Berg, Lenvik, Torsken, and Tranøy were merged into one municipality. It is located in the traditional district of Hålogaland. ...

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county,

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. It is located just northeast of the village of

Rossfjordstraumen or is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It serves as a community center for the areas around the Rossfjorden and the lake Rossfjordvatnet. It is located about northeast of the town of Finnsnes, and about northeast of th ...

, along the coast of the Malangen fjord. It is one of the churches in the Lenvik

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which is part of the Senja prosti (

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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style here in 1885. The church seats about 250 people.

History

The white, wooden church was originally built in a

style in 1822 in Lenvik at the Lenvik Church. It was designed using plans drawn up by an unknown

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. When a new Lenvik Church was constructed, this building was taken down and moved to its present location in Rossfjordstraumen in 1885 where it was rebuilt. The first worship service held in the newly reconstructed church was on 2 August 1885.

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