Syltefjord Chapel

Syltefjord Chapel
Syltefjord kapell
View of the chapel
Syltefjord Chapel
Location of the chapel
Syltefjord Chapel
Syltefjord Chapel (Norway)
70°32′58″N 30°04′35″E / 70.549492°N 30.076268°E / 70.549492; 30.076268Coordinates: 70°32′58″N 30°04′35″E / 70.549492°N 30.076268°E / 70.549492; 30.076268
Location Båtsfjord, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Chapel
Events Moved to Nordfjord
in 1955
Architecture
Functional status Inactive
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1934
Specifications
Capacity 60
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Båtsfjord
Deanery Varanger prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Syltefjord Chapel (Norwegian: Syltefjord kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Båtsfjord Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the now-abandoned (uninhabited) village of Nordfjord. It an annex chapel for the Båtsfjord parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The small, white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1934. The church seats about 60 people.[1]

The small wooden chapel was originally built in 1934 in the village of Makkaur. The village was abandoned after World War II and the chapel was then moved to the village of Nordfjord, along the Syltefjorden. It is no longer regularly used, since the village is no longer inhabited. The area still is used for vacationers in the summer, and the chapel is occasionally used for special events.

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
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