Svanvik Church

Svanvik Church (Norwegian: Svanvik kirke) is a parish church in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svanvik in the Pasvikdalen valley, along the river Pasvikelva, right on the border with Russia. The church is part of the Sør-Varanger parish in the Varanger deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The wooden chapel was built in 1934 and it was consecrated on 5 September 1934. Pasvikdalen had finally gotten its own place of worship. During World War II, the chapel was located right in the firing line during the Russian invasion in 1944, but it received only minor damage and it was quickly repaired after the war.