Kokelv Church

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Kokelv Church
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Kokelv Church
70°36′39″N24°39′07″E / 70.610791°N 24.651936°E / 70.610791; 24.651936 Coordinates: 70°36′39″N24°39′07″E / 70.610791°N 24.651936°E / 70.610791; 24.651936
Location Hammerfest Municipality,
Troms og Finnmark
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1960
Consecrated 1960
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Rolf Harlew Jenssen
Architectural type Long church
Completed1960(61 years ago) (1960)
Specifications
Capacity120
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kokelv
Deanery Hammerfest prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID 84802

Kokelv Church (Norwegian : Kokelv kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kokelv. It is the church for the Kokelv parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1960 using plans drawn up by the architect Rolf Harlew Jenssen. The church seats about 120 people. [1] [2]

The church was built by a group of 24 German volunteers sponsored by Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (German : Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste), who spent seven months in Kokelv to build the church as a sign of reconciliation with the Norwegian people who had suffered under German occupation during World War II. [3]

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References

  1. "Kokelv kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  3. "Kokelv kapell". Hammerfest kirkelige fellesråd (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 February 2021.