Northern Lights Cathedral Church as the main church for the deanery. The "Northern Lights" are the Aurora Borealis associated with the Arctic night sky. At the opening service, bishop Per Oskar Kjølaas admitted that the word was contentious since it technically meant not a parish church but a cathedral (for which the more common Norwegian word is ). He defended the name by the informal precedents of the and , and argued that a bishop is at home in all churches of the diocese. Northern Lights Cathedral The Northern Lights Cathedral - Alta Church () is a parish church of the Church of
Nelvana of the Northern Lights a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971, was named after Nelvana of the Northern Lights. In Marvel Comics the Canadian superheroine Snowbird, member of Alpha Flight created by John Byrne, is a demi-goddess whose mother is "Nelvanna of the Northern Lights", daughter of Hodiak. Nelvanna and Hodiak were, very probably, intended by Byrne as homages to Nelvana and Koliak; although born in the UK, Byrne grew up in Canada. Called upon to stop "evil white ones" (Kablunets) from using time bombs to destroy fish and other food stocks in the North, Nelvana and her brother Tanero are assisted by Koliak