Gjesvær Chapel

Gjesvær Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Nordkapp Municipality in county, . It is located in the village of on the western end of the island of .
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church in Nordkapp, Norway

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gjesvær.

Village
or Geaissvearra is an old fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in county, . It is the only place in Finnmark known from the Viking Age and is mentioned in the Heimskringla saga as Geirsver.

Gjesvær Chapel

Latitude
71.09865° or 71° 5′ 55″ north
Longitude
25.38201° or 25° 22′ 55″ east
Inception
1960
Operator
Nordkapp menighetsråd
Open location code
CG3739XJ+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227037941
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­chapel
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q4577978
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Gjesvær Chapel” goes by many names.
  • Danish: Gjesvær Kapel
  • Egyptian Arabic: مصلى جيسفير
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gjesvær kapell
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gjesvær kirkested
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Gjesvær kapell
  • Norwegian: Gjesvær kirke

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