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Akureyrarkirkja

Akureyrarkirkja (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈaːkʏrˌeiːrarˌcʰɪr̥ca], regionally also [ˈaːkʰʏr-]) or The Church of Akureyri is a prominent Lutheran church at Akureyri in northern Iceland. Located in the centre of the city, it was designed by Guðjón Samúelsson (1887–1950) and completed in 1940. Akureyrarkirkja contains a notably large 3,200-pipe organ. The bas-reliefs on the nave balcony are by sculptor Ásmundur Sveinss…

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1940

Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland

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Guðjón Samúelsson

1887-1950 · Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland

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Guðjón Samúelsson was Iceland’s State Architect and one of the country’s most influential designers of churches, civic buildings, and national institutions.

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