Gamvik Church
Gamvik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gamvik. It is the main church for the Gamvik parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: 3s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Gamvik, Norway
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gamvik skole and Slettnes Lighthouse.
Gamvik skole
School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Gamvik skole is a school, which is situated 300 metres southwest of Gamvik Church.
Slettnes Lighthouse
Building
Photo: VogelainenMikael, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slettnes Lighthouse is the northernmost mainland lighthouse on Earth. It is located in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It sits along the Barents Sea approximately 3 kilometres north of the village of Gamvik on the northern coast of the Nordkinn Peninsula, within the Slettnes Nature Reserve. Slettnes Lighthouse is situated 3 km north of Gamvik Church.
Gamvik Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Gamvik, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
71.06572° or 71° 3′ 57″ northLongitude
28.2472° or 28° 14′ 50″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Inception
1958Operator
Gamvik menighetsrådOpen location code
CG3C368W+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 439149411OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Gamvik Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “加姆维克教堂”
- Danish: “Gamvik Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه جامفيك”
- Estonian: “Gamviki kirik”
- Finnish: “Gamvikin kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamvik kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamvik kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamvik kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gamvik kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Gamvik kirke”
- Norwegian: “Gamvik”
- Swedish: “Gamvik kyrka”
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