Kokelv Church

Kokelv Church (Norwegian: Kokelv kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og 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 by the architect Rolf Harlew Jenssen. The church seats about 120 people.[1][2]

Kokelv Church
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70.6107°N 24.6518°E / 70.6107; 24.6518
Location	Hammerfest Municipality, Troms og Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Rolf Harlew Jenssen
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1960
Specifications
Capacity	120
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Kokelv
Deanery	Hammerfest prosti
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland

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.

See also

• List of churches in Finnmark

References

1. "Kokelv kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-20.