Gjesvær Chapel
Gjesvær Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjesvær on the western end of the island of Magerøya.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Nordkapp, Norway
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gjesvær.
Gjesvær
Village
Gjesvær or Geaissvearra is an old fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is the only place in Finnmark known from the Viking Age and is mentioned in the Heimskringla saga as Geirsver.
Gjesvær Chapel
- Categories: building, chapel, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nordkapp, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=chapel
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
Wikidata ID
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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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