Location Kvalsund, Finnmark Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Address 9715 Kokelv, Norway Capacity 120 Status Parish church | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Architect(s) Rolf Harlew Jenssen Opened 1960 Phone +47 78 41 55 91 | |
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Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland Similar Kunes Chapel, Mehamn Chapel, Skarsvåg Church, Ingøy Church, Lebesby Church | ||
Kokelv Church (Norwegian: Kokelv kirke) is a parish church in Kvalsund Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kokelv. The church is part of the Kokelv parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1960 by a group of 24 German volunteers sponsored by Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste, ASF), who spent seven months in Kokelv to build the church as a sign of reconciliation with the Norwegian people who had suffered under German occupation during World War II . The church it seats about 120 people.
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