Neiden Chapel

Neiden Chapel
Neiden kapell
View of the church
69.7019°N 29.3884°E / 69.7019; 29.3884
Location	Sør-Varanger, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1902
Consecrated	13 July 1902
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Karl Norum
Architectural type	Long church
Style	Dragestil
Completed	1902 (123 years ago) (1902)
Specifications
Capacity	155
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland
Deanery	Varanger prosti
Parish	Sør-Varanger
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	85100

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

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.

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See also

• List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
2. "Neiden kapell" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
3. "Kirker i Sør-Varanger sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 8 March 2013.