Kokelv Church

Kokelv Church (Norwegian: Kokelv kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kokelv. It is the church for the Kokelv parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1960 by the architect Rolf Harlew Jenssen. The church seats about 120 people.[1][2]

Kokelv Church
Kokelv kirke
View of the church
Kokelv Church
Location of the church
Kokelv Church
Kokelv Church (Norway)
70.6107°N 24.6518°E / 70.6107; 24.6518
LocationHammerfest Municipality, Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Rolf Harlew Jenssen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1960
Specifications
Capacity120
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishKokelv
DeaneryHammerfest prosti
DioceseNord-Hålogaland

The church was built by a group of 24 German volunteers sponsored by Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (German: Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste), who spent seven months in Kokelv to build the church as a sign of reconciliation with the Norwegian people who had suffered under German occupation during World War II.

See also
  • List of churches in Finnmark

References
  1. "Kokelv kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
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