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Vardø Chapel

Coordinates: 70°22′13″N 31°05′45″E / 70.370278°N 31.095833°E / 70.370278; 31.095833
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Vardø Chapel
Vardø kapell / Steglnes kapell
View of the chapel
Vardø Chapel is located in Troms og Finnmark
Vardø Chapel
Vardø Chapel
Location of the chapel
Vardø Chapel is located in Norway
Vardø Chapel
Vardø Chapel
Vardø Chapel (Norway)
70°22′13″N 31°05′45″E / 70.370278°N 31.095833°E / 70.370278; 31.095833
LocationVardø, Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusChapel
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1908
Specifications
Capacity40
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryVaranger prosti
ParishVardø

Vardø Chapel or Steglnes Chapel (Norwegian: Vardø kapell / Steglnes kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Vardø Municipality in Troms og 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. It is an annex chapel for the Vardø parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

Interior view

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.