Hallgrimskirkja

Hallgrimskirkja is a Lutheran parish church in Reykjavik, Iceland. At 74.5 metres high, it's miles the largest church in Iceland and some of the tallest structures in the united states. The church is named after the Icelandic poet and clergyman Hallgrimur Petursson 1614 to 1674, creator of the Passion Hymns.

Situated inside the centre of Reykjavik, it is one of the metropolis's pleasant-known landmarks and is visible all through the town. State Architect Guðjón Samuelsson's design of the church become commissioned in 1937. He is stated to have designed it to resemble the lure rocks, mountains and glaciers of Iceland's panorama. The layout is comparable in style to the expressionist architecture of Grundtvig's Church of Copenhagen, Denmark, completed in 1940. It took forty one years to build the church: construction began in 1945 and resulted in 1986, however the landmark tower being completed lengthy before the whole church changed into finished. The crypt beneath the choir become consecrated in 1948, the steeple and wings had been completed in 1974 and the nave became consecrated in 1986.