Vestre Jakobselv Church

Vestre Jakobselv Church
Vestre Jakobselv kirke
Vestre Jakobselv Church Location in Finnmark Vestre Jakobselv Church Location in Finnmark
Coordinates: 70°06′41″N 29°20′01″E / 70.111389°N 29.333611°E
Location	Vadsø, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Riksarkitekten
Completed	1940
Specifications
Capacity	90
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Vadsø
Deanery	Varanger prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland

Vestre Jakobselv Church (Norwegian: Vestre Jakobselv kirke) is a parish church in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestre Jakobselv. The church is part of the Vadsø parish in the Varanger deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1940 and it seats about 90 people. The building was designed by the Statens bygnignsinspektorat, a government agency now known as the Norwegian Directorate of Public Construction and Property. The church holds regularly-scheduled worship services every other Sunday.^[1][2]

See also

• List of churches in Finnmark

References

1. "Kirker i Vadsø sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
2. "Vestre Jakobselv kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-07.