Neiden Chapel

Neiden Chapel (Norwegian: Neiden kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Neiden. It is an annex church 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]

Neiden Chapel
Neiden kapell
View of the church
Neiden Chapel
Location of the church
Neiden Chapel
Neiden Chapel (Norway)
69.7019°N 29.3884°E / 69.7019; 29.3884
LocationSør-Varanger, Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Karl Norum
Architectural typeLong church
StyleDragestil
Completed1902
Specifications
Capacity155
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishSør-Varanger
DeaneryVaranger prosti
DioceseNord-Hålogaland

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 32,900 kr at that time. The chapel was consecrated on 13 July 1902.[3]

Russian Orthodox chapel
The Russian Saint George 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
  • List of churches in Finnmark

References
  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  2. "Neiden kapell" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
  3. "Kirker i Sør-Varanger sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 2013-03-08.
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