Syltefjord Chapel

Syltefjord Chapel
Syltefjord Chapel
Syltefjord kapell
Syltefjord Chapel
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°32′58″N 30°04′35″E / 70.549492°N 30.076268°E / 70.549492; 30.076268
Location Båtsfjord, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
History
Events Moved to Nordfjord in 1955
Architecture
Status Chapel
Functional status Active
Completed 1934
Specifications
Capacity 60
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Båtsfjord
Deanery Varanger prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Syltefjord Chapel (Norwegian: Syltefjord kapell) is a chapel in Båtsfjord Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the now-abandoned (uninhabited) village of Nordfjord. The chapel is part of the Båtsfjord parish in the Varanger deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The small wooden chapel was originally built in 1934 in the village of Makkaur. The village was abandoned after World War II and the chapel was then moved to the village of Nordfjord, along the Syltefjorden. The chapel seats about 60 people. It is no longer regularly used, since the village is no longer inhabited. The area still is used for vacationers in the summer, and the chapel is occasionally used for special events.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-02-27.


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