Vestre Jakobselv Church Explained

Vestre Jakobselv Church
Fullname:Vestre Jakobselv kirke
Coordinates:70.1114°N 29.3336°W
Location:Vadsø Municipality, Finnmark
Country:Norway
Denomination:Church of Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Diocese:Nord-Hålogaland
Parish:Vadsø
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1940
Consecrated Date:1940
Architect:Riksarkitekten
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Wood
Capacity:90

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker. no. KirkeKonsulenten.no . 2018-05-13.
  2. Web site: Kirker i Vadsø sogn. Vadsø prosti. no. 2013-03-07.
  3. Web site: Vestre Jakobselv kirke. no. Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. 2013-03-07.