Vestre Jakobselv Church

Church in Finnmark, Norway
70°06′41″N 29°20′01″E / 70.111389°N 29.333611°E / 70.111389; 29.333611LocationVadsø Municipality, FinnmarkCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1940Consecrated1940ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)RiksarkitektenArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1940 (84 years ago) (1940)SpecificationsCapacity90MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNord-HålogalandDeaneryVaranger prostiParishVadsøTypeChurchStatusListedID85818

Vestre Jakobselv Church (Norwegian: Vestre Jakobselv kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestre Jakobselv. It is one of the churches for the Vadsø parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1940. The church seats about 90 people. The building was designed by the Statens bygnignsinspektorat, a government agency now known as the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property. The church holds regularly-scheduled worship services every other Sunday.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Kirker i Vadsø sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Vestre Jakobselv kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
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