Vardø Chapel

Vardø Chapel
Vardø kapell

View of the chapel
Vardø Chapel
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°22′13″N 31°05′45″E / 70.370278°N 31.095833°E / 70.370278; 31.095833
Location Vardø, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Chapel
Functional status Active
Completed 1908
Specifications
Capacity 40
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vardø
Deanery Varanger prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Vardø Chapel or Steglnes Chapel (Norwegian: Vardø kapell / Steglnes kapell) is a chapel in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the western part of the island of Vardøya in the town of Vardø, just south of the historic Vardøhus Fortress. The chapel is part of the Vardø parish in the Varanger deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The small white chapel was built in 1908 at the site of the new parish cemetery. It has mostly been used for funerals, but more recently it has been opened up for weddings and baptisms also. Unlike most churches in Finnmark county, this one was not burned down during World War II.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. University of Tromsø. "Vardø kapell" (in Norwegian). Arkitekturguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-03-01.


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