Karesuando Church
The Karesuando Church is a wooden church building in Karesuando, Sweden. Belonging to the Karesuando Parish of the Church of Sweden. It was inaugurated on 3 December 1905 by Bishop Olof Bergqvist of the Diocese of Luleå, replacing an older church.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: Church of Sweden church building in Karesuando, Sweden
- Also known as: “Karesuando”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karesuvanto.
Karesuvanto
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Karesuvanto is a village in Enontekiö in Finnish Lapland. This is the northernmost border crossing from Sweden by car. Tarvantovaara Wilderness Area is nearby.
Karesuando Church
- Categories: architectural ensemble, wooden church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Karesuando socken, Karesuando, Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.44178° or 68° 26′ 30″ northLongitude
22.48136° or 22° 28′ 53″ eastElevation
330 metres (1,083 feet)Levels
2Open location code
9GW4CFRJ+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 140743575OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranGeoNames ID
8063703Wikidata ID
Q10543605
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Karesuando Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Karesuando Kirke”
- Dutch: “Kerk van Karesuando”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه كاريسواندو”
- Finnish: “Kaaresuvannon kirkko”
- French: “église de Karesuando”
- French: “Église de Karesuando”
- German: “Kirche von Karesuando”
- Swedish: “Karesuando kyrka”
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