List of churches in Troms

This list of churches in Troms is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Troms county, Norway. The churches are all part of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland along with the churches in Finnmark county. The diocese is based at the Tromsø Cathedral in the city of Tromsø.

The list is divided into five sections, one for each deanery (prosti) in the diocese. Each prosti is led by a provost (prost). Administratively within each deanery, the churches are divided by municipalities which have their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipal church council may be made up of one or more parishes (sokn), each of which may have their own council (soknerådet). Each parish may have one or more congregations in it.^[1]

Tromsø domprosti

This arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) is home to the Tromsø Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. Tromsø domprosti covers the two municipalities of Tromsø and Karlsøy in Troms county. The deanery is headquartered at Tromsø Cathedral in the city of Tromsø. Administratively, the territory of Svalbard is also part of the Tromsø domprosti, although it is not part of Troms county. The Tromsø arch-deanery was been around since the Reformation in Norway. Before 1922, it was called the Tromsø stiftsprosti.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Karlsøy	Karlsøy	Helgøy Church	Helgøya	1742
		Karlsøy Church	Karlsøya	1854
		Ringvassøy Church	Hansnes	1977
		Sengskroken Church	Vanna	1962
Tromsø	Tromsø Domkirken	Tromsø Cathedral	Tromsø	1861
	Elverhøy	Elverhøy Church	Tromsø	1803
	Grønnåsen	Grønnåsen Church	Tromsø	1996
	Hillesøy	Hillesøy Church	Brensholmen, Kvaløya	1889
	Kroken	Kroken Church	Kroken	2006
	Kvaløy	Kvaløy Church	Kaldfjord	1962
	Tromsøysund	Arctic Cathedral	Tromsdalen	1965
	Ullsfjord	Lakselvbukt Church	Lakselvbukt	1983
		Ullsfjord Church	Sjursnes	1862
		Jøvik Chapel	Jøvik	1920
Svalbard*	Svalbard	Svalbard Church	Longyearbyen	1958
*Note: Svalbard is not in Troms county, but it is part of the Tromsø domprosti.

Indre Troms prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers five municipalities in southeastern part of Troms county. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Bardufoss in Målselv Municipality. The deanery was created when the old Troms prosti was divided in two, creating Indre Troms prosti in the south and Nord-Troms prosti in the north.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Balsfjord	Balsfjord	Balsfjord Church	Balsfjord	1856
		Nordkjosbotn Church	Nordkjosbotn	1987
		Storsteinnes Chapel	Storsteinnes	1968
	Malangen	Malangen Church	Mortenhals	1853
	Malangen	Mestervik Chapel	Mestervik	1968
Bardu	Bardu	Bardu Church	Setermoen	1829
		Nedre Bardu Chapel	Brandmoen	1981
		Øvre Bardu Chapel	Sørdalen	1971
		Salangsdalen Chapel	Salangsdalen	1981
Lavangen	Lavangen	Lavangen Church	Soløy	1891
Målselv	Målselv	Målselv Church	Målselv	1978
	Øverbygd	Øverbygd Church	Øverbygd	1867
	Øverbygd	Kirkesnesmoen Chapel	Kirkesnesmoen	1977
Salangen	Salangen	Salangen Church	Sjøvegan	1981
Salangen	Salangen	Elvenes Chapel	Elvenes	1959

Nord-Troms prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers six municipalities in the northern part of Troms county. The deanery is headquartered at the Nordreisa Church in the village of Storslett in Nordreisa Municipality. The deanery was created when the old Troms prosti was divided in two, creating Indre Troms prosti in the south and Nord-Troms prosti in the north.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Gáivuotna–Kåfjord	Kåfjord	Kåfjord Church	Olderdalen	1949
Kvænangen	Kvænangen	Burfjord Church	Burfjord	2009
		Sekkemo Church	Sekkemo	1956
		Skorpa Church	Skorpa	1850
Lyngen	Lyngen	Lyngen Church	Lyngseidet	1782
Lyngen	Lyngen	Lenangsøyra Chapel	Lyngmo	1996
Nordreisa	Nordreisa	Nordreisa Church	Storslett	1856
Nordreisa	Nordreisa	Rotsund Chapel	Rotsund	1932
Skjervøy	Skjervøy	Arnøy Church	Arnøyhamn	1978
Skjervøy	Skjervøy	Skjervøy Church	Skjervøya	1728
Storfjord	Storfjord	Storfjord Church	Hatteng	1952
Storfjord	Storfjord	Skibotn Chapel	Skibotn	1895

Senja prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers six municipalities on and around the island of Senja in Troms county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Finnsnes in Lenvik Municipality. The deanery includes the municipalities of Berg, Dyrøy, Lenvik, Sørreisa, Torsken, and Tranøy. The deanery was established around the year 1750 when the large Tromsø domprosti was divided and the southern part became the new Senjens prosti. On 1 January 1860, the southern part of the deanery was split off to become the new Trondenes prosti. A royal resolution by the King on 19 May 1922 changed the name of the deanery from Senjen to Senja.^[3]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Berg	Berg	Berg Church	Skaland	1955
		Finnsæter Chapel	Finnsæter	1982
		Mefjordvær Chapel	Mefjordvær	1916
Dyrøy	Dyrøy	Dyrøy Church	Holm	1880
Dyrøy	Dyrøy	Brøstad Chapel	Brøstadbotn	1937
Lenvik	Lenvik	Finnsnes Church	Finnsnes	1979
		Lenvik Church	Bjorelvnes	1879
		Rossfjord Church	Rossfjordstraumen	1822
		Fjordgård Chapel	Fjordgård	1976
		Gibostad Chapel	Gibostad	1939
		Husøy Chapel	Husøy i Senja	1957
		Lysbotn Chapel	Lysnes	1970
		Sandbakken Chapel	Sandbakken	1974
Sørreisa	Sørreisa	Sørreisa Church	Tømmervika	1992
		Skøelv Chapel	Skøelva	1966
		Straumen Chapel	Sørreisa	1973
Torsken	Torsken	Torsken Church	Torsken	1784
		Flakkstadvåg Chapel	Flakstadvåg	1925
		Gryllefjord Chapel	Gryllefjord	1902
		Medby Chapel	Medby	1890
Tranøy	Tranøy	Stonglandet Church	Stonglandseidet	1896
		Tranøy Church	Tranøya	1775
		Skrolsvik Chapel	Skrollsvika	1924
		Vangsvik Chapel	Vangsvik	1975

Trondenes prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers five municipalities in the southwestern part of Troms county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Harstad in Harstad Municipality. It includes the five municipalities of Gratangen, Harstad, Ibestad, Kvæfjord, and Skånland. This deanery was established on 1 January 1860 when the old Senja prosti was divided into two deaneries: Senja in the north and Trondenes in the south.^[4]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Gratangen	Gratangen	Gratangen Church	Årstein	1971
Harstad	Bjarkøy og Sandsøy	Bjarkøy Church	Nergården	1766
	Bjarkøy og Sandsøy	Sandsøy Church	Sandsøya	1888
	Grytøy	Grøtavær Church	Grøtavær	1915
	Grytøy	Lundenes Church	Lundenes	1974
	Harstad	Harstad Church	Harstad	1958
	Kanebogen	Kanebogen Church	Kanebogen	1999
	Sandtorg	Gausvik Church	Gausvik	1979
	Sandtorg	Sandtorg Church	Sørvika	1932
	Trondenes	Trondenes Church	Trondenes	1400s
	Trondenes	Elgsnes Chapel	Elgsnes	1985
Ibestad	Andørja	Andørja Church	Engenes	1914
	Ibestad	Ibestad Church	Hamnvik	1881
	Ibestad	Sørrollnes Chapel	Sørrollnes	1976
Kvæfjord	Kvæfjord	Kvæfjord Church	Borkenes	1867
Kvæfjord	Kvæfjord	Langvassbukt Chapel	Langvassbukta	1981
Skånland	Astafjord	Astafjord Church	Grov	1978
	Skånland	Skånland Church	Evenskjer	1901
	Tovik	Tovik Church	Tovik	1905

References

^ "Nord-Hålogaland bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Troms prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
^ "Senja prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
^ "Trondenes prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

[1] "Nord-Hålogaland bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 2012-12-27.

[Troms_Prosti-2] "Troms prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

[3] "Senja prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

[4] "Trondenes prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2018-07-10.

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