Location Nordkapp, Finnmark Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Opened 1960 Status Chapel | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Completed 1960 Capacity 70 | |
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Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland Similar Kunes Chapel, Kokelv Church, Skarsvåg Church, Mehamn Chapel, Ingøy Church | ||
Gjesvær Chapel (Norwegian: Gjesvær kapell) is a chapel in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjesvær on the western end of the island of Magerøya. The chapel is part of the Nordkapp parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
The white, wooden chapel is privately owned and it was built in 1960. It seats about 70 people. The chapel is regarded as an important piece of cultural heritage; it has number 84260 in the Norwegian cultural heritage monument database.
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