Kokelv Church Explained

Kokelv Church
Fullname:Kokelv kirke
Coordinates:70.6108°N 24.6519°W
Location:Hammerfest Municipality, Finnmark
Country:Norway
Denomination:Church of Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Diocese:Nord-Hålogaland
Parish:Kokelv
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1960
Consecrated Date:1960
Architect:Rolf Harlew Jenssen
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Wood
Capacity:120

Kokelv Church (Norwegian: Kokelv kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kokelv. It is the church for the Kokelv parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1960 using plans drawn up by the architect Rolf Harlew Jenssen. The church seats about 120 people.[1] [2]

The church was built by a group of 24 German volunteers sponsored by Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (German: Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste), who spent seven months in Kokelv to build the church as a sign of reconciliation with the Norwegian people who had suffered under German occupation during World War II.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kokelv kirke . 2013-01-24 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen . Norwegian.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2018-05-20 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Kokelv kapell . 2021-02-14 . Hammerfest kirkelige fellesråd . Norwegian.