Neiden Chapel

Neiden Chapel (Norwegian: Neiden kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Neiden. It is one of the churches for the Sør-Varanger parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red and white, wooden church was built in a long church format in the style called dragestil in 1902 by the architect Karl Norum. The church seats about 155 people.[1][2]

Neiden Chapel
Neiden kapell
View of the church
69.7019°N 29.3884°E / 69.7019; 29.3884
LocationSør-Varanger,
Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1902
Consecrated13 July 1902
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Karl Norum
Architectural typeLong church
StyleDragestil
Completed1902 (1902)
Specifications
Capacity155
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryVaranger prosti
ParishSør-Varanger
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85100

History

In 1898, many farmers in Neiden made a request to the Ministry of Church and Education to have a church and a cemetery built in Neiden. Only four years later, the church was finished. The residents' desire to have a church coincided with the government's desire to secure the border from Finnish-Russian expansion, and a Norwegian church near the border would help. Architect Karl Norum was very keen on old Norwegian stave churches, and he created a dragestil building that would be an expression of Norwegian culture and national cohesion in a border area. The chapel had 155 seats and it cost 32,900 kr at that time. The chapel was consecrated on 13 July 1902.[3]

Russian Orthodox chapel
The Russian Saint George chapel

There is also a Russian Orthodox chapel located nearby in Neiden, built in the 16th century as a part of Russian Christianisation of the Skolt samis who were the inhabitants of the area at that time.

See also

References
  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. "Neiden kapell" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  3. "Kirker i Sør-Varanger sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 8 March 2013.

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