Gjesvær Chapel

Gjesvær Chapel
Gjesvær kapell
View of the chapel
Gjesvær Chapel
Location of the chapel
Gjesvær Chapel
Gjesvær Chapel (Norway)
71°05′57″N 25°22′34″E / 71.099167°N 25.376111°E / 71.099167; 25.376111Coordinates: 71°05′57″N 25°22′34″E / 71.099167°N 25.376111°E / 71.099167; 25.376111
Location Nordkapp, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Chapel
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1960
Specifications
Capacity 70
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Nordkapp
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Gjesvær Chapel (Norwegian: Gjesvær kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjesvær on the western end of the island of Magerøya. It is an annex chapel for the Nordkapp parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1960 and it is privately owned. The church seats about 70 people.[1]

The chapel is registered in the Norwegian cultural heritage monument database.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. "Gjesvær kirkested / Gjesvær kapell" (in Norwegian). Riksantikvaren. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
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