CHURCHES

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Talvik Church
Talvik Kirke – Originates from the oldest church built in the Alta Fjord area (late 17th century), on the island of Årøya, east Altafjord. Open during the summer.
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Kåfjord Church
Kåfjord Kirke (1836) is a long church, built in an English-inspired neo-Gothic style. The history of the church is closely linked to the copper mines. Alta’s oldest standing church is open to th...
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Elvebakken Church
Elvebakken Church was built in 1964 as a long church with a rear organ gallery and an adjoining vestry.
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Alta Church
Alta Church is located in Bossekop and is a long church of wood/timber with a rear gallery, originally built in 1858 in an English-inspired neo-Gothic style.
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Vardø church
The first church in Vardø was built in 1307. The current church is the fourth in a row, and was consecrated in 1958. Open: Mon-Thurs 10.00-13.00, and normally when the Norwegian Coastal Voyage calls
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Kjøllefjord Church
Kjøllefjord Church is a stone church from 1951 with seating for 300 people. This was the first church in Finnmark to be reconstructed after the war, and it was a gift from Denmark.
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Lebesby Church
Lebesby Church is a triangel shaped parish church with 150 seats. Consecrated in 1962. Open church during the summer.
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Nesseby Church
Built in 1858 and fully restored in 1983. Adjacent to the church is perhaps the oldest chapel in Varanger, from the 1700s.
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Honningsvåg Church
The municipality’s oldest building, constructed in 1884. After WWII it was home for the population while the remaining buildings were reconstructed.
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Karasjok Old Church
The Old Church in Karasjok is Finnmark's oldest wooden church from 1807, the only building left standing in Karasjok after WWII – selected as the millennium site for Karasjok.
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