Arctic Cathedral

Tromsdalen Church or the Arctic Cathedral is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tromso Municipality in Troms County, Norway. It is positioned inside the Tromsdalen valley at the east facet of the metropolis of Tromso. It is the church for the Tromsoysund parish that is part of the Tromso domprosti arch-deanery inside the Diocese of Nord-Helgoland. The cutting-edge concrete and steel church become constructed in an extended church fashion in 1965 through the architect Jan Inge Hovig. The church seats about six hundred humans. The church changed into designed via the architect Jan Inge Hovig and is built in particular of concrete.

The major contractor for the construction became Ing. F. Selmer A/S Tromso. Because of the church's awesome look and state of affairs, it's been called "the opera residence of Norway" likening it to the well-known Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. The church is one of the most incredible churches in Tromso because of its layout, although Tromso does have another church of hobby, Tromso Cathedral, which is mentioned for being the only wood cathedral in Norway. The groundbreaking of the church become 1 April 1964 and it become finished in 1965.The new church became consecrated on 19 November 1965 by using the Bishop Monrad Norderval. The church is built out of forged-in-vicinity aluminium-lined concrete panels.