Vestre Jakobselv Church
Vestre Jakobselv Church (Norwegian: Vestre Jakobselv kirke) is a parish church in Vadsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestre Jakobselv. It is an annex church 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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| Location | Vadsø, Troms og Finnmark |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
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| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Riksarkitekten |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1940 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 90 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Vadsø |
| Deanery | Varanger prosti |
| Diocese | Nord-Hålogaland |
See also
References
- "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- "Kirker i Vadsø sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- "Vestre Jakobselv kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
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