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Norwegian Anglican Church

Norwegian Anglican Church, Anglican church in Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The Norwegian Anglican Church is a white wooden church with a steep, dark, pointed spire topped by a gold cross, built in 1913. Its interior has pale yellow horizontal plank walls, a white paneled ceiling, and a bare wood floor. A raised platform with a curved wooden railing and red fabric backs a white-draped altar; above, a grey panel with a yellow cross and sunburst sits between two yellow columns. A dark wooden pulpit with a purple cloth stands to the right.

The church was designed by Adalbert Kielland, Carl Anton Larsen's son-in-law, as a traditional Norwegian wooden church with a nave, sacristy and a side wing holding a library for the whalers. Strømmen Trævarefabrik prefabricated it in Norway; the parts left Larvik in early September 1913 and were reassembled on site in under eight months. It was consecrated on Christmas Day 1913.

The church bells, cast by O. Olsen & Søns Klokkestøberi near Tønsberg, carry Norwegian inscriptions: the smaller reads «Salige er de døde som dø i Herren», the larger «Vaag og bed, dig bered, snart jeg ringer dig til fred». The building also held a library wing for the whaling crews, and since 2013 it has belonged to the Anglican Diocese of the Falkland Islands.

The church stands in Grytviken, reachable only by sea; the cemetery lies about 700 metres south at the other end of Grytviken Harbour. The roof was damaged in 1994, and keepers of the South Georgia Museum with volunteers renovated the building in 1996–1998. It now serves for occasional services and marriage ceremonies.

The church was transferred from the Church of Norway to the Anglican Diocese of the Falkland Islands in 2013, marking a symbolic shift after a century of religious presence in the community. This handover reflects how the spiritual life of this remote outpost has evolved over the years.

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1912
Official opening
December 25, 1913
Architectural style
Gothic Revival
GPS coordinates
-54.28000,-36.51028
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