Skibotn Chapel

Skibotn Chapel
Skibotn bedehuskapell

View of the chapel
Skibotn Chapel
Location in Troms
Skibotn Chapel
Location in Troms
Coordinates: 69°23′27″N 20°16′03″E / 69.3909°N 20.2674°E / 69.3909; 20.2674
Location Storfjord, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Chapel
Functional status Active
Completed 1895
Specifications
Capacity 710
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Storfjord
Deanery Nord-Troms prosti
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.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
  2. ↑ "Skibotn bedehus" (in Norwegian). Tre stammers møte. Retrieved 2012-12-18.


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