Vestre Jakobselv Church

Vestre Jakobselv Church
Vestre Jakobselv kirke
Vestre Jakobselv Church
Location of the church
Vestre Jakobselv Church
Vestre Jakobselv Church (Norway)
70°06′41″N 29°20′01″E / 70.111389°N 29.333611°E / 70.111389; 29.333611Coordinates: 70°06′41″N 29°20′01″E / 70.111389°N 29.333611°E / 70.111389; 29.333611
Location Vadsø, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Riksarkitekten
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1940
Specifications
Capacity 90
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vadsø
Deanery Varanger prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Vestre Jakobselv Church (Norwegian: Vestre Jakobselv kirke) is a parish church in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestre Jakobselv. It is an annex church for the Vadsø parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1940. The church seats about 90 people. The building was designed by the Statens bygnignsinspektorat, a government agency now known as the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property. The church holds regularly-scheduled worship services every other Sunday.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  2. "Kirker i Vadsø sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  3. "Vestre Jakobselv kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
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