Vestre Jakobselv Church

Vestre Jakobselv Church (Norwegian: Vestre Jakobselv kirke) is a parish church in Vadsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestre Jakobselv. It is an annex church for the Vadsø parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1940. The church 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][3]

Vestre Jakobselv Church
Vestre Jakobselv kirke
Vestre Jakobselv Church Location of the church Vestre Jakobselv Church Vestre Jakobselv Church (Norway)
70.111389°N 29.333611°E
Location	Vadsø, Troms og Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Riksarkitekten
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1940
Specifications
Capacity	90
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Vadsø
Deanery	Varanger prosti
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland

See also

• List of churches in Finnmark

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
2. "Kirker i Vadsø sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
3. "Vestre Jakobselv kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-03-07.