Bjørnfjell Chapel

Bjørnfjell Chapel
Bjørnfjell kapell
View of the church
Bjørnfjell Chapel
Location in Nordland
Bjørnfjell Chapel
Bjørnfjell Chapel (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°26′07″N 18°04′06″E / 68.4352°N 18.0683°E / 68.4352; 18.0683
Location Narvik, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Chapel
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Bjarne Romsloe
Completed 1952
Specifications
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Bjerkvik
Deanery Ofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Bjørnfjell Chapel (Norwegian: Bjørnfjell kapell) is a chapel in the municipality of Narvik in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjørnfjell. The church is part of the Bjerkvik parish in the Ofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden chapel was built in 1952 in the rural Bjørnfjell area just west of the border with Sweden. This area is populated with vacation cabins that are popular with the residents of the city of Narvik.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Bjørnfjell" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-06-04.


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