"Mehamn kapell" (2 of 7)
Description
Mehamn Chapel is a long church designed by the architect Hans Magnus. The same architect had also worked on churches in Hammerfest and Berlevåg.
The choir and the nave are almost the same width, but the choir is situated three steps up from the floor of the nave. The main church is dominated by the elevated, panelled ceiling in a hipped form, which provides associations with the bottom of a boat.
The old place of worship was burnt down, along with the rest of the buildings, during the German retreat in the autumn of 1944. The groundwork for a new building began in the autumn of 1963, and on 4 July 1965 Mehamn Chapel was consecrated by Bishop Monrad Norderval. The people in the fishing village had waited a long time for a church. There was great rejoicing when they were able to start using what was officially a chapel, but which in reality was a large, modern church by the standards of that time.
The choir and the nave are almost the same width, but the choir is situated three steps up from the floor of the nave. The main church is dominated by the elevated, panelled ceiling in a hipped form, which provides associations with the bottom of a boat.
The old place of worship was burnt down, along with the rest of the buildings, during the German retreat in the autumn of 1944. The groundwork for a new building began in the autumn of 1963, and on 4 July 1965 Mehamn Chapel was consecrated by Bishop Monrad Norderval. The people in the fishing village had waited a long time for a church. There was great rejoicing when they were able to start using what was officially a chapel, but which in reality was a large, modern church by the standards of that time.
