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.Photo: Eaglestein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Bohuslen, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Nordkapp, Norway
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gjesvær.
Gjesvær
Village
Photo: GRDN711, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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″ northLongitude
25.38201° or 25° 22′ 55″ eastInception
1960Operator
Nordkapp menighetsrådOpen location code
CG3739XJ+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 227037941OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata 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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