What is Elverhøy Church?
{{Infobox church | church name = Elverhøy Church | image = File:Elverhøy kirke.JPG | caption = View of Elverhøy Church | coordinates = {{coord|69|38|54.46|N|18|55|16.67|E|display=title,inline}} | native_name = Elverhøy kirke | native_name_lang = [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] | founded date = 1974 | consecration year = 1974 | functional status = Active | capacity = 435 | materials = Wood | year completed = 1803 | diocese = Nord-Hågoland | deanery = Tromsø domprosti | parish = Elverhøy }} '''Elverhøy Church''' is a [[parish]] church of the [[Church of Norway]]. It is in [[Tromsø Municipality]] in [[Norway]]. The current church building was built in 1974. The original church, then known as Tromsø Church, was built in 1803 where [[Tromsø Cathedral]] is today. It served as the election church in 1814 for the [[Tromsø (city)|city of Tromsø]] during Norway's first national elections.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Valgkirkene – lokalhistoriewiki.no|url=https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Valgkirkene|access-date=2023-04-28|website=lokalhistoriewiki.no|language=nb}}</ref> In 1861, the old church was dismantled and moved to a new location outside the city.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ELVERHØY KIRKE|url=http://www.elverhoykirke.no/om-elvehoy/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302193120/http://www.elverhoykirke.no/om-elvehoy/|archive-date=March 2, 2019|access-date=April 28, 2023|website=elverhøykirke.no|language=no}}</ref> It was eventually closed, dismantled, and moved again before being reopened as Elverhøy Church in its present location. The church now has a red, wooden exterior with a large [[steeple]] over the main entrance,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elverhøy kirke- Landskirka|url=http://www.kirken.tromso.no/nb-no/menigheterkirker/elverh%C3%B8ymenighet/elverh%C3%B8ykirke.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925045521/http://www.kirken.tromso.no/nb-no/menigheterkirker/elverhøymenighet/elverhøykirke.aspx|archive-date=September 25, 2012|access-date=April 28, 2023|website=DEN NORSKE KIRKE