Sørvær Chapel

Sørvær Chapel
Sørvær kapell
View of the chapel
Sørvær Chapel
Location of the chapel
Sørvær Chapel
Sørvær Chapel (Norway)
70°37′49″N 21°59′04″E / 70.6303°N 21.9845°E / 70.6303; 21.9845Coordinates: 70°37′49″N 21°59′04″E / 70.6303°N 21.9845°E / 70.6303; 21.9845
Location Hasvik Municipality, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Chapel
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Sverre Flåto
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1968
Specifications
Capacity 108
Materials Stone and wood
Administration
Parish Hasvik
Deanery Alta prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Sørvær Chapel (Norwegian: Sørvær kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Hasvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørvær on the western tip of the island of Sørøya. It is an annex chapel for the Hasvik parish which is part of the Alta prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white church, made of stone and wood, was built in a long church style in 1968 by the architect Sverre Flåto. The church seats about 100 people.[1][2]

Interior of the chapel, facing the altar

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
  2. "Sørvær Kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-01-10.


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