Location Storfjord, Troms Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Opened 1895 Status Chapel | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Completed 1895 Capacity 710 | |
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Diocese Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland | ||
Skibotn Chapel (Norwegian: Skibotn bedehuskapell) is a chapel in the municipality of Storfjord in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skibotn. The chapel is part of the Storfjord parish in the Nord-Troms deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden chapel was originally built in 1895 and has been remodeled and enlarged several times since. The chapel was consecrated on 22 Jun 1931 by the Bishop Eivind Berggrav. The chapel seats about 710 people (more than the population of the village), and it is used for large Læstadian gatherings for the region.
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