Neiden Chapel

Neiden Chapel
Neiden kapell
View of the church View of the church
Neiden Chapel Location in Finnmark
Location	Sør-Varanger, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Karl Norum
Completed	1902
Specifications
Capacity	155
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Sør-Varanger
Deanery	Varanger prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Neiden Chapel (Norwegian: Neiden kapell) is a parish church in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Neiden. The church is part of the Sør-Varanger parish in the Varanger deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red wooden church was built in 1902 and it seats about 155 people.

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 building that would be an expression of Norwegian culture and national cohesion in a border area. The chapel had 155 seats and costed NOK 32,900 at that time. The chapel was consecrated on 13 July 1902.

See also

• List of churches in Finnmark