Kåfjord Church
Kåfjord Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kåfjord. It is an annex church for the Alta parish which is part of the Alta prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Alta, Norway
- Also known as: “Kafjord”, “Kåfjord Church (Finnmark)”, and “Kåfjord kirke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tirpitz Museum and Mattisfoss power station.
Tirpitz Museum
Museum
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Tirpitz Museum is a war museum that is located in the village of Kåfjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. Tirpitz Museum is situated 540 metres southwest of Kåfjord Church.
Mattisfoss power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mattisfoss power station is an industrial building, which is situated 2 km south of Kåfjord Church.
Mølleelva power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mølleelva power station is an industrial building, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Kåfjord Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kvenvik.
Kvenvik
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kvenvik, Šuovošluovta, or Suislahti is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in an inlet on the inner part of the Altafjorden, about 10 kilometres from the town of Alta. Kvenvik is situated 3 km east of Kåfjord Church.
Kåfjord Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Alta, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
69.9341° or 69° 56′ 3″ northLongitude
23.02614° or 23° 1′ 34″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Inception
1837Operator
Alta kirkelige fellesrådOpen location code
9GX5W2MG+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 479378853OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Kåfjord Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Kåfjord Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه كافجورد”
- Finnish: “Kåfjordin kirkko (Alattio)”
- Finnish: “Kåfjordin kirkko”
- German: “Kirche von Kåfjord”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kåfjord kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kåfjord kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kåfjord kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kåfjord kyrkje i Alta”
- Norwegian: “Kåfjord kirke”
- Norwegian: “Kåfjord”
- Swedish: “Kåfjord kirke”
- Swedish: “Kåfjords kyrka”
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