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Church in Finnmark, Norway
Hop Church
Hop kirke
View of the church
70°47′54″N 28°06′48″E / 70.798385°N 28.113371°E / 70.798385; 28.113371
LocationGamvik Municipality, Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusChapel
Consecrated1977
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Completed1977 (48 years ago) (1977)
Specifications
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
DeaneryHammerfest prosti
ParishGamvik

Hop Church (Norwegian: Hop kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjånes. It is an annex chapel for the Gamvik parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1977 to serve the southern part of the municipality. The chapel is built on what is believed to be the site of a medieval church that was closed before the 1600s.

See also

References

  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. "Hop kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
Church of Norway churches in the Hammerfest prosti in Finnmark county, Norway

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