On Saturday, 28 August, Svalbard Church celebrated 100 years. The first church was built in a very short time in 1921 and it was sanctified on 28 August 1921, but it was destroyed during a German attack in 1943. Work to build a new church was started in 1956, but it was not before 1958 that the new building could be sanctified. Construction work is currently done to ensure a long and strong future life for today’s church.
The service to celebrate 100 years of Svalbard Church was held on the place where the original church was built in 1921.
Yesterday’s service that celebrated 100 years of Svalbard Church was held in the location of the first, original church from 1921 by priest Siv Limstrand together with the protestantic and the catholic bishops from Tromsø. The parish includes the whole municipality of Svalbard. There is no other church. Barentsburg has a chapel.
By the way, my new book is in print and it can now be ordered 🙂 it is a photo book with the title “Norwegens arktischer Norden (3): Die Bäreninsel und Jan Mayen”, with German text Click here for further details!
This and other publishing products of the Spitsbergen publishing house in the Spitsbergen-Shop.
Norwegens arktischer Norden (1): Spitzbergen
Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German. [shop url="https://shop.spitzbergen.de/en/polar-books/70-norwegens-arktischer-norden-1-aerial-arctic-9783937903262.html"] ← Back
Lofoten, Jan Mayen and Spitsbergen from the air - Photobook: Norway's arctic islands. The text in this book is German, but there is very little text, so I am sure that you will enjoy it regardless which languages you read (or not).
The companion book for the Svalbardhytter poster. The poster visualises the diversity of Spitsbergen‘s huts and their stories in a range of Arctic landscapes. The book tells the stories of the huts in three languages.
Comprehensive guidebook about Spitsbergen. Background (wildlife, plants, geology, history etc.), practical information including travelling seasons, how to travel, description of settlements, routes and regions.
Join an exciting journey with dog, skis and tent through the wintery wastes of East Greenland! We were five guys and a dog when we started in Ittoqqortoormiit, the northernmost one of two settlements on Greenland’s east coast.
12 postcards which come in a beautifully designed tray. Beautiful images from South Georgia across Antarctica from the Antarctic Peninsula to the Ross Sea and up to Macquarie Island and Campbell Island.