Vardø Chapel

Vardø Chapel
Vardø kapell / Steglnes kapell
View of the chapel
Vardø Chapel
Location of the chapel
Vardø Chapel
Vardø Chapel (Norway)
70°22′13″N 31°05′45″E / 70.370278°N 31.095833°E / 70.370278; 31.095833Coordinates: 70°22′13″N 31°05′45″E / 70.370278°N 31.095833°E / 70.370278; 31.095833
Location Vardø, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Chapel
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1908
Specifications
Capacity 40
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vardø
Deanery Varanger prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Vardø Chapel or Steglnes Chapel (Norwegian: Vardø kapell / Steglnes kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the western part of the island of Vardøya in the town of Vardø, just south of the historic Vardøhus Fortress. It is an annex chapel for the Vardø parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

Interior view

The small white chapel was built in 1908 at the site of the new parish cemetery. It has mostly been used for funerals, but more recently it has been opened up for weddings and baptisms also. Unlike most churches in Finnmark county, this one was not burned down during World War II.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. University of Tromsø. "Vardø kapell" (in Norwegian). Arkitekturguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
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