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Svanvik Church

Coordinates: 69°27′11″N 30°03′15″E / 69.45305°N 30.05416°E / 69.45305; 30.05416
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Svanvik Church
Svanvik kirke
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69°27′11″N 30°03′15″E / 69.45305°N 30.05416°E / 69.45305; 30.05416
LocationSør-Varanger, Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Svanvik kapell
StatusParish church
Founded1934
Consecrated5 Sept 1934
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Harald Sund
Architectural typeCruciform church
Completed1934 (90 years ago) (1934)
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryVaranger prosti
ParishSør-Varanger
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85008

Svanvik Church (Norwegian: Svanvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svanvik in the Pasvikdalen valley, along the river Pasvikelva, right on the border with Russia. It is one of the churches for the Sør-Varanger parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1934 by the architect Harald Sund. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]

The building was consecrated on 5 September 1934 after a long time when the people of the Pasvikdalen valley wanted their own place of worship. During World War II, the chapel was located right in the firing line during the Liberation of Finnmark, but it received only minor damage and it was quickly repaired after the war.[3]

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  1. ^ "Svanvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Kirker i Sør-Varanger sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 8 March 2013.