Honningsvåg Church

Honningsvåg Church
Honningsvåg kirke

View of the church
Honningsvåg Church
Location in Finnmark
Honningsvåg Church
Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°58′41″N 25°58′44″E / 70.9780°N 25.9789°E / 70.9780; 25.9789
Location Nordkapp, Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Completed 1885
Specifications
Capacity 220
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Nordkapp
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Honningsvåg Church (Norwegian: Honningsvåg kirke) is a parish church in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Honningsvåg. The church is part of the Nordkapp parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. This is one of the few churches in Finnmark county that was not destroyed or burned during World War II. After World War II the church became home for the population whilst the remaining buildings were reconstructed. The church was built in 1885 and it seats about 220 people. The church was designed by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan.[1]

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References

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  1. "Honningsvåg kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  2. http://www.visitnorway.com/en/Product/?pid=51890



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