King Oscar II Chapel

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King Oscar II Chapel
Kong Oscar IIs kapell
Grense Jakobselv Kirche.jpg
View of the church
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69°47′06″N 30°48′41″E / 69.784905°N 30.811261°E / 69.784905; 30.811261Coordinates: 69°47′06″N 30°48′41″E / 69.784905°N 30.811261°E / 69.784905; 30.811261
LocationSør-Varanger,
Troms og Finnmark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1869
Consecrated26 September 1869 (151 years ago) (1869-09-26)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1869 (152 years ago) (1869)
Specifications
Capacity72
MaterialsStone
Administration
ParishSør-Varanger
DeaneryVaranger prosti
DioceseNord-Hålogaland
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84810

King Oscar II Chapel (Norwegian: Kong Oscar IIs kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located near the village of Grense Jakobselv, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) from 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 stone church was built in a long church style in 1869 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan (1824–1892). The church seats about 72 people.[1][2][3]

History[]

In 1851, the Norwegian settlement in the Grense Jakobselv area had a strong desire to have its own chapel. However, it was politics that would accelerate the work of construction. In 1826, the demarcation of the Norway–Russia border was completed. However, there were still disagreements between the Norwegian authorities and Russian fishermen on the national border (the Jakobselva river) after that time. After reporting several harsh confrontations between Norwegian and Russian fishermen, the County Governor of Finnmark wanted to let a naval ship from the Royal Norwegian Navy to undertake fisheries surveillance during the months with the heaviest fishing.[4]

The Interior Ministry wanted an independent investigation of the circumstances and sent Lieutenant Commander (1798–1853) north to familiarize themselves with the case. Heyerdahl did not share the county Governor's views on which solution. He proposed instead to erect a chapel at Grense Jakobselv. A Lutheran chapel would be an indisputable boundary marking, such as the Russian Orthodox chapel in Boris Gleb that had been used for border demarcation in 1826. In 1865 it was decided to build a chapel and parsonage at the border. In the summer of 1869, the new chapel was built and on 26 September the same year, the chapel was consecrated by Waldemar Hvoslef (1825–1906), Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[5][6][7]

Name[]

In 1873, King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway visited the chapel, and to commemorate this visit, he bestowed this chapel with a marble slab with the bilingual inscriptions: Kong Oscar II hørte Guds ord her den 4de Juli 1873 (Norwegian language) and Gonagas Oscar II gulai Ibmel sane dobe dam 4 ad Juli 1873 (Northern Sami language) which means "King Oscar II heard the words of God here on the 4th of July 1873". At the same time, he expressed a desire to name the chapel after himself, and so the members of the congregation made a name plate for him that still hangs over the door.[5]

Media gallery[]

  • King Oscar II Chapel, Grense Jakobselv, Norway.jpg
  • Kong Oscar IIs kapell-2012-07-06-15-45-09.jpg
  • Kong Oscar II's kapell sett fra den lille kirkegården.JPG
  • Kong Oscar II's kapell.JPG
  • Hans Majestæt kong Oscar II.'s Reise i Nordland og Finmarken Aar 1873 - no-nb digibok 2012091708091-141.jpg
  • Oscar II kapell, Finnmark - Riksantikvaren-T456 01 0004.jpg
  • La chapelle du roi Oscar II à Grense Jakobselv en Norvège.jpg

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kong Oscar IIs kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ Jens Christian Eldal. "Jacob Wilhelm Nordan". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ Svein Askheim. "Grense Jakobselv". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kirker i Sør-Varanger sogn" (in Norwegian). Vadsø prosti. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Georg Carl Buonaparte Heyerdahl". Norsk senter for forskningsdata AS. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  7. ^ Hallgeir Elstad. "Waldemar Hvoslef". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

External links[]

Media related to Kong Oscar IIs kapell at Wikimedia Commons

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