Svalbard Church

Svalbard Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in municipality in . It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Svalbard parish which is part of the Tromsø domprosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
  • Lutheran church
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …is operated by Statsbygg
  • …dates from 1958
  • Description: church building in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
  • Also known as
    “Svalbard kirke”
    “Svalbard kyrkje”
    “Vår frelsers kirke på Spitsbergen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover Longyearbyen Hospital and Svalbard Museum.
610 metres east of Svalbard Church
The is a museum in , the largest town in the archipelago.
1 km east of Svalbard Church
Museum
The is a museum located…
1 km northeast of Svalbard Church

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longyearbyen and Nybyen.
, is the largest populated area, and capital of the region of .
is a small settlement located on the southern…
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Latitude
78.21978° or 78° 13′ 11″ north
Longitude
15.61826° or 15° 37′ 6″ east
Open location code
CFCQ6J99+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity = place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building = church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination = lutheran
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swedish—“Svalbard Church” goes by many names.
Սվալբարդի եկեղեցիArmenian
Свальбардская царкваBelarusian
Svalbard KirkeDanish
Huippuvuorten kirkkoFinnish
Svalbard kirkeNorwegian
Svalbard kirkeNorwegian Bokmål
Svalbard kirkeNorwegian Nynorsk
Svalbard kyrkjeNorwegian Nynorsk
Kościół na SvalbardziePolish
Свальбардская церковьRussian
Svalbard kirkeSwedish
Svalbard kyrkjeSwedish
Svalbards kyrkaSwedish
“The world is so empty if we think of it only as mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone here and there who is in harmony with us… makes this earth an inhabited garden.”

Svalbard: Highlights

Learn more about Longyearbyen and Bear Island.