Neiden Chapel
| Neiden Chapel | |
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| Neiden kapell | |
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View of the church | |
  Neiden Chapel Location in Finnmark | |
| Coordinates: 69°42′07″N 29°23′18″E / 69.7019°N 29.3884°E | |
| Location | Sør-Varanger, Finnmark |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Karl Norum |
| Completed | 1902 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 155 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Sør-Varanger |
| Deanery | Varanger prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland |
Neiden Chapel (Norwegian: Neiden kapell) is a parish church in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Neiden. The church is part of the Sør-Varanger parish in the Varanger deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red wooden church was built in 1902 and it seats about 155 people.[1]
History
In 1898, many farmers in Neiden made a request to the Ministry of Church and Education to have a church and a cemetery built in Neiden. Only four years later, the church was finished. The residents' desire to have a church coincided with the government's desire to secure the border from Finnish-Russian expansion, and a Norwegian church near the border would help. Architect Karl Norum was very keen on old Norwegian stave churches, and he created a building that would be an expression of Norwegian culture and national cohesion in a border area. The chapel had 155 seats and costed NOK 32,900 at that time. The chapel was consecrated on 13 July 1902.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Neiden kapell" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
- ↑ "Kirker i Sør-Varanger sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
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