Skarsvåg Church

Skarsvåg Church
Skarsvåg kirke

View of the church
Skarsvåg Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 71°06′48″N 25°49′38″E / 71.1132°N 25.8271°E / 71.1132; 25.8271
Location Nordkapp, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Rolf Harlew Jenssen
Completed 1961
Specifications
Capacity 60
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Nordkapp
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Skarsvåg Church (Norwegian: Skarsvåg kirke) is a parish church in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skarsvåg. The church is part of the Nordkapp parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1961 and it seats about 60 people. The church was consecrated on 6 August 1961 by the Bishop Alf Wiig. It was called Skarsvåg Chapel until 1999 when it was renamed a church.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-02-10.



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