Fredskapellet

Fredskapellet
Fredskapellet
Fredskapellet
	View of the chapel
	68°26′34″N 17°27′09″E / 68.4428694°N 17.4524205°E
Location	Narvik Municipality, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Chapel
Founded	1939
Consecrated	14 Dec 1957
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jan Inge Hovig
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1957 (67 years ago)
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland
Deanery	Ofoten prosti
Parish	Narvik
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	84194

Fredskapellet (Norwegian: Fredskapellet) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Narvik. It is an annex chapel in the Narvik parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The brick chapel was built in a long church style in 1957 using plans drawn up by the architect Jan Inge Hovig. The chapel seats about 250 people.^[1]

History

The first chapel built on this site was completed in 1939 and it was consecrated on 23 March 1939. The chapel was destroyed during World War II in April 1940, about a year after it was completed. The chapel was rebuilt after the war and it was consecrated on 14 December 1957 by the Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen. The chapel is located next to the main cemetery for the town of Narvik and therefore the chapel is mostly used for funerals.^[2]

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References

^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ "Velkommen til fredskapellet" (in Norwegian). Narvik kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 11 November 2018.