Christianskirkjan
Christianskirkjan (Christian's Church ) is a modern church in Klaksvík , the second largest city in the Faroe Islands . It was consecrated in 1963. The architect was the Dane Peter Koch. Its construction is considered to be one of the most beautiful modern buildings in the country.
At the time the church in Klaksvík was being built, interest arose in creating a cultural and historical basis for a new Faroese architectural style, including building materials such as native basalt and wood, as well as a renaissance of grass roofs , as an alternative to the widespread use of concrete , which the Marked time after World War II .
The style of the towerless Christian church in Klaksvík is reminiscent of the Faroese wooden churches , old Viking houses or Faroese farms. The outer walls are made of basalt blocks and the long sides of the roof are interrupted by five gables that frame large window fronts. The bell tower is a little away from the church.
The nave gets its special character from the dominating altarpiece The Holy Communion, 7 meters high. The painting existed long before the church, and Peter Koch is said to have chosen this painting as the focus when he designed the church. It was created by the Danish church painter Joakim Skovgaard in 1901 as a fresco for the cathedral in Viborg in Denmark. Due to moisture in the walls of the cathedral there was a risk that the work of art could be destroyed; therefore it was transferred to canvas in 1910 and brought to the Danish National Museum, which Koch then made available for the Christian Church.
The stained glass in the rose window was done by the Danish artist Ulrikke Marseen . The motive is Christ as the supporting force of the world. This Gothic quote is reminiscent of the ruins of Magnus Cathedral in Kirkjubøur . The baptismal font is made of granite and is also Danish. It is around 4000 years old, was originally a pagan offering bowl, comes from a church ruin in North Zealand and was donated to the church by the National Museum in Copenhagen.
The organ has 29 registers and was built in 1974 by Jensen & Thomsen in Hillerød , Denmark.
A Faroe boat , an áttamannafar (8), hangs above the roof beams . This is the last boat that was built for the vicarage in Viðareiði . In 1912 the boat was sold to Fugloy and it was one of the boats that went fishing the day before Christmas 1913 - the fateful day when several boats were lost, including boats from Skarð . All adult men in the village perished that night at sea.
In the church there are two memorial plaques, one of which reports that the church is dedicated to the memory of Faroese fishermen and seamen who lost their lives on the high seas during civilian seafaring in the Faroe Islands in World War II , and the other that the church is in memory the Danish King Christian X. was built. Hence the name Christian Church.
One of the "Seven Faroese Wonders"
For Ólavsøka 2007, Faroese television Sjónvarp Føroya organized a nationwide competition on the “Seven Faroese Wonders”, in which viewers could make any suggestions about special buildings and other objects. A ranking of the eight winners (due to a tie in one case) has not been announced, but Christianskirkjan is one of them. The others are the church stalls of Kirkjubøur , Magnus Cathedral , the House of the North , Tinganes , the Norðoyatunnilin , the first flag of the Faroe Islands in the Church of Fámjin and the seat of the Imperial Ombudsman in the Faroe Islands (the last two with a tie).
Individual evidence
- ↑ portal.fo : Føroyingar hava valt síni undurverk ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (“The Faroese have chosen their marvels”), July 28, 2007.
Coordinates: 62 ° 13 ′ 32 " N , 6 ° 35 ′ 12.3" W.