{"id":2432,"date":"2017-10-05T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T13:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/norsk\/krigsminner_i_karasjok\/karasjok_gamle_kirke\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:35:19","slug":"karasjok_gamle_kirke","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rdm.no\/no\/karasjok_gamle_kirke\/","title":{"rendered":"Karasjok gamle kirke"},"content":{"rendered":"

K\u00e1r\u00e1\u0161joga boares girku<\/h2>\n

Karasjok Old Church<\/h2>\n

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Forfatter\/\u010c\u00e1llin\/Author: Arvid Petterson<\/h5>\n

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Teaksta s\u00e1megilli lea vuollelis
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Den gamle kirka i Karasjok ble bygd i 1807. Den overlevde krigen og er Finnmarks eldste kirkebygg. Vi ser litt av den nye kirka p\u00e5 nordsiden av elva<\/p>\n

1807 huksejuvvui K\u00e1r\u00e1\u0161joga boares girku. Dat cevzzii soa\u0111i ja lea boarr\u00e1seamos girkovisti olles Finnm\u00e1rkkus. Govas oidno maid o\u0111\u0111a girku oas\u00e1\u0161, mii lea dav\u00e1bealde eanu.<\/p>\n

Karasjok Old Church was built in 1807. It survived the war and is Finnmark\u2019s oldest church building. We can see a bit of the new church on the north side of the river.<\/p>\n

Foto\/govva\/photo: AP 1980<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

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I en reiseskildring fra 1827 er stedet Karasjok og kirka beskrevet: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Karasjok har en riktig vakker beliggenhet p\u00e5 en stor flate som gjennomstr\u00f8mmes av elva K\u00e1r\u00e1\u0161johka<\/span>. Elva svinger seg, slik at stedet ligger p\u00e5 en halv\u00f8y. (\u2026) En liten, pen kirke framhever seg fordelaktig mellom beboernes hus og h\u00f8yhesjer og fjellsamenes stabbur\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Den gamle kirka i Karasjok ble bygd i 1807. Da de tyske styrkene trakk seg tilbake fra frontene i Russland, brukte de den brente jords taktikk. Kirka ble ikke brent og var den eneste bygningen som sto igjen p\u00e5 stedet i november 1944. Kirkas grunnplan er korsformet, men i 1858 fikk den et sakristi som et tilbygg. Den hadde tidligere tj\u00e6rebrente vegger og sm\u00e5 vinduer, men fikk det \u00e5ret h\u00f8ye, spisse vinduer og hvitmalt, liggende panel. Kirka hadde et kuppelformet t\u00e5rn i empirestil, som i 1902 ble bygd slik vi ser det i dag. Innvendig er kirka nesten slik den var da den ble bygd, med en umalt, sekskantet prekestol med utsk\u00e5rne geometriske figurer og s\u00f8yle. Korskillet har dreide pilarer og en buet \u00e5pning med utsk\u00e5rne l\u00f8ver ved kongemonogrammet til Christian 7. Altertavla viser Kristi tornekroning, og den hvitmalte ramma best\u00e5r av balusterformete s\u00f8yler og en overliggende arkitrav dekorert med planteornamenter. Gjennom mer enn 200 \u00e5r har kirka hatt en historisk tilknytning til omr\u00e5det. Det var bare et f\u00e5tall innbyggere i kommunen som fulgte ordren om tvangsevakuering h\u00f8sten 1944. Etter at den tyske okkupasjonen var over, flyttet folk tilbake og begynte en provisorisk gjenreisning. Kirka var sentral. L\u00e6rer Anna M\u00f8rk tok kirka i bruk som bolig, og hun fortalte senere at kirka var delt inn i soner, for mennesker og dyr, for sykestue og f\u00f8deavdeling, handel og varelager.<\/p>\n

Den 1. mai 1945 skulle 30 soldater fra Rikspolititroppen som var kommet fra Sverige, l\u00e6re \u00e5 uskadeliggj\u00f8re miner. En stridsvognmine gikk av og til sammen 22 soldater mistet livet. To leger og en sykepleier hoppet ut fra fly og reddet de som var livstruende skadet. Kirka var da omgjort til operasjonssal og sykehus.<\/p>\n

Den gamle kirka er Finnmarks eldste lutherske kirkebygg. Bare det lille ortodokse kapellet i Neiden er eldre. Kirka har 140 sitteplasser og etter at kommunesenteret fikk en st\u00f8rre befolkning, ble den for liten. I 1974 sto den nye kirka ferdig p\u00e5 nordsiden av elva. Den har plass til 500 mennesker. Kirka ble i 2000 offentlig fredet.<\/p>\n

Kilder:<\/p>\n

Keilhau, H.M.: Reise i \u00d8st- og Vest-Finmarken, 1831<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Karasjok gamle kirke. Interi\u00f8r.<\/span>
K\u00e1r\u00e1\u0161joga boares girku siskkobealde. <\/span>
Interior photo of Karasjok Old Church. <\/span>
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1827 m\u00e1tkemuitalusas lea K\u00e1r\u00e1\u0161johka ja girku govviduvvon n\u00e1: <\/span><\/p>\n

K\u00e1r\u00e1\u0161johka lea hui \u010d\u00e1ppa b\u00e1ikkis. Stuora jalges eatnamis man \u010da\u0111a golg\u00e1 K\u00e1r\u00e1\u0161johka. Johka mohkkasadd\u00e1. ja \u010doahkkeb\u00e1iki lea nj\u00e1rggas (\u2026) Unna \u010d\u00e1ppa girko\u0161 ceagg\u00e1 vuohkkasit viesuid, lajuid ja badjeolbmuid \u00e1ittiid guovdu.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(sit\u00e1htta lea jorgaluvvon) K\u00e1r\u00e1\u0161joga boares girku huksejuvvui 1807:s. Go duiskkala\u010d\u010dat geass\u00e1dedje soahte\u0161iljuin Ruo\u0161\u0161as 1944 \u010dav\u010d\u010da, de sii geavahedje taktihka eatnama boaldin. Girku eai boald\u00e1n, ja dat lei \u00e1idna visti guovllus mii b\u00e1zii ceagg\u00e1t. Girku lea h\u00e1bmejuvvon dego ruossa, muhto liigeoassi, sakristiija, huksejuvvui 1885:s. Ovdal ledje das bihkkaduvvon seainnit ja unna l\u00e1se\u017eat, muhto lasi huksema oktavuo\u0111as oa\u010d\u010dui vealufielluid mat ledje vielgadin m\u00e1lejuvvon ja alla \u010dohka l\u00e1siid. Girkus lei jorba empirem\u00e1llet doardna, man rievdadedje d\u00e1l\u00e1 h\u00e1pm\u00e1i 1902:s.<\/p>\n

Siskkobeale lea girku measta justte dakk\u00e1r go lei dalle go huksejuvvui. S\u00e1rdnestuollu lea m\u00e1letkeahtt\u00e1. Dat lea gu\u0111a\u010diegat, masa leat h\u00e1bmejuvvon geometrala\u0161 govat ja stoalpu. Dat mii earuha searvegotti oasi ja b\u00e1hpa ja l\u00e1vluid oasi goh\u010doduvvo korskille. Das leat jorbejuvvon stoalpput ja d\u00e1vgi mas muoras h\u00e1bmejuvvon ledjonat Christian 7 gonagas monogramma lahka. \u00c1lt\u00e1rt\u00e1vvala motiiva lea bastilisl\u00e1tnj\u00e1kruvdnun. R\u00e1mma lea vielgadin m\u00e1lejuvvon, das leat baluster h\u00e1mat stoalpput ja arkitav-holga mas leat \u0161addohearvvat.<\/p>\n

Girkus lea badjel 200 jagi leama\u0161an deh\u00e1la\u0161 historjj\u00e1la\u0161 mearkka\u0161upmi guovllus. Ledje du\u0161\u0161e moattis gieldda \u00e1ssiin geat doahttaledje b\u00e1ggoev\u00e1hkkui man 1944:s d\u00e1htto. Go soahti nogai, f\u00e1rreje olbmot ruovttoluotta ja \u00e1lggahedje o\u0111\u0111asishuksema. Girku lei guovdd\u00e1\u017eis. Oahpaheaddji Anna M\u00f8rk geavahi\u0161go\u0111ii girku orrumii, ja son muitalii ma\u014b\u014b\u00e1 ahte sii ledje juohk\u00e1n girku osiide. Ledje oasit olbmuide ja elliide, buhcciidruktui ja m\u00e1n\u00e1rieg\u00e1dahttimii, g\u00e1vppa\u0161eapm\u00e1i ja g\u00e1lvovurkemii.<\/p>\n

30 politiijakompaniija soaldd\u00e1ha bohte Ruo\u0167as oahppat movt miinnaid \u010dorget sihkkaris vugiin. Miessem\u00e1nu 1. beaivvi 1945:s b\u00e1vkkehii vovdnamiidna ja oktiibuot 22 soaldd\u00e1ha du\u0161\u0161e. Girdis njuikeje seaivunsujiin 2 doakt\u00e1ra ja 1 buohccidiv\u0161\u0161\u00e1r, ja sii g\u00e1djo sin geat ledje garrasit roasmmehuvvan. Dalle geavahedje girku opera\u0161uvdnalatnjan ja buohcciviessun.<\/p>\n

Boares girku lea Finnm\u00e1rkku boarr\u00e1seamos luhter\u00e1nala\u0161 girku. Lea du\u0161\u0161e Nj\u00e1vd\u00e1ma ortodoksa kapealla mii lea boarr\u00e1sit. Girkus leat 140 \u010dohkk\u00e1nsaji ja go giliguovdd\u00e1\u0161 stuorui de g\u00e1rttai girku beare unnin. O\u0111\u0111a girku dav\u00e1bealde joga g\u00e1rv\u00e1nii 1907:s. Dohko \u010d\u00e1hket 500 olbmo.<\/p>\n

Almmola\u0161 mearr\u00e1dusain suddjejuvvui boares girku 2000:s.<\/p>\n

G\u00e1ldut:<\/p>\n

Keilhau, H.M.: Reise i \u00d8st- og Vest-Finmarken, 1831<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Karasjok and its church are described in a travelogue from 1827: <\/span><\/p>\n

Karasjok has a really beautiful situation on a large plain, through which the River Karasjohka flows. The river bends so that the site is on a peninsula. (\u2026) A pretty little church is favourably placed between residential houses, hayracks and a mountain Sami storehouse\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Karasjok Old Church was built in 1807. When the German forces withdrew from the Russian front in the autumn of 1944, they employed scorched-earth tactics. The church was not burned down; it was the only building left standing at the site. The church\u2019s ground plan is cross-shaped, but in 1858 it was extended with a sacristy. Previously it had tarred walls and small windows, but it was thereafter given drop siding, a coat of white paint and tall, pointed windows. The church had an Empire-style domed tower, which was remodelled in 1902 to give us the steeple we see today. Inside, the church is almost as it was at the time it was built, with an unpainted hexagonal pulpit with carved geometric figures and column. The chancel screen has turned pillars and a curved opening with carved lions bearing the royal monogram of Christian VII. The altarpiece shows Christ\u2019s crown of thorns, and the white painted frame consists of balustrade columns and an overhead architrave decorated with botanical themes.<\/p>\n

The church has had a historical connection with the area for more than 200 years. Only a few of the municipality\u2019s residents obeyed the order of forced evacuation in the autumn of 1944. Once the German occupation was over, people returned and began a temporary rebuilding. The church played a central part. Teacher Anna M\u00f8rk used the church as a residence, and she later told how the church was divided into zones \u2013 for humans and animals, for a sickroom and maternity room, and for trade and warehousing.<\/p>\n

On 1 May 1945, 30 soldiers from the Norwegian police troop arrived from Sweden. They were to learn how to disarm land mines. An antitank mine went off and over 22 soldiers lost their lives. Two doctors and a nurse parachuted from planes and rescued those suffering from life-threatening injuries. At that point, the church was turned into an operating theatre and hospital.<\/p>\n

The old church is Finnmark\u2019s oldest Lutheran church building. Only the little orthodox chapel in Neiden is older. The church has 140 seats, which was not enough once the municipality\u2019s population started to grow. The new church on the north side of the river was completed in 1974. It seats up to 500 people.<\/p>\n

The old church became a listed building in 2000.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

Keilhau, H.M.: Reise i \u00d8st- og Vest-Finmarken (English: Travel in East and West Finnmark), 1831.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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