Vardø Chapel

Vardø Chapel or Steglnes Chapel (Norwegian: Vardø kapell / Steglnes kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the western part of the island of Vardøya in the town of Vardø, just south of the historic Vardøhus Fortress. It is an annex chapel for the Vardø parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.

Vardø Chapel
Vardø kapell / Steglnes kapell
View of the chapel
70°22′13″N 31°05′45″E / 70.370278°N 31.095833°E / 70.370278; 31.095833
Location	Vardø, Finnmark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Chapel
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1908 (116 years ago) (1908)
Specifications
Capacity	40
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Nord-Hålogaland
Deanery	Varanger prosti
Parish	Vardø

Interior view

The small white chapel was built in 1908 at the site of the new parish cemetery. It has mostly been used for funerals, but more recently it has been opened up for weddings and baptisms also. Unlike most churches in Finnmark county, this one was not burned down during World War II.^[1][2]

See also

• List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland

References

1. University of Tromsø. "Vardø kapell" (in Norwegian). Arkitekturguide Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-03-01.