Neiden Chapel Explained

Neiden Chapel
Fullname:Neiden kapell
Coordinates:69.7019°N 29.3884°W
Location:Sør-Varanger, Finnmark
Country:Norway
Denomination:Church of Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Diocese:Nord-Hålogaland
Deanery:Varanger prosti
Parish:Sør-Varanger
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1902
Consecrated Date:13 July 1902
Architect:Karl Norum
Architectural Type:Long church
Style:Dragestil
Materials:Wood
Capacity:155

Neiden Chapel (Norwegian: Neiden kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Neiden. It is one of the churches for the Sør-Varanger parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red and white, wooden church was built in a long church format in the style called dragestil in 1902 by the architect Karl Norum. The church seats about 155 people.[1] [2]

History

In 1898, many farmers in Neiden made a request to the Ministry of Church and Education to have a church and a cemetery built in Neiden. Only four years later, the church was finished. The residents' desire to have a church coincided with the government's desire to secure the border from Finnish-Russian expansion, and a Norwegian church near the border would help. Architect Karl Norum was very keen on old Norwegian stave churches, and he created a dragestil building that would be an expression of Norwegian culture and national cohesion in a border area. The chapel had 155 seats and it cost at that time. The chapel was consecrated on 13 July 1902.[3]

Russian Orthodox chapel

There is also a Russian Orthodox chapel located nearby in Neiden, built in the 16th century as a part of Russian Christianisation of the Skolt samis who were the inhabitants of the area at that time.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2018-05-14 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  2. Web site: Neiden kapell . 2013-03-08 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Kirker i Sør-Varanger sogn . 2013-03-08 . Vadsø prosti . Norwegian.