List of churches in Finnmark

Map of the church deaneries in Finnmark county:

  Alta deanery

  Hammerfest deanery

  Inner Finnmark deanery

  Varanger deanery

This list of churches in Finnmark is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Finnmark county, Norway. The churches are all part of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland along with the churches in Troms county. The diocese is based at the Tromsø Cathedral in the city of Tromsø.

The list is divided into four sections, one for each Deanery (prosti) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches are divided by municipalities which have their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipal church council may be made up of more than one parish (sokn), each of which may have their own council (soknerådet). Each parish may have one or more congregations in it.^[1]

Alta deanery

This deanery covers three municipalities in western part of Finnmark county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Alta in Alta municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Alta	Alta	Alta Church	Alta	1858
		Elvebakken Church	Alta	1964
		Kåfjord Church	Kåfjord	1837
		Northern Lights Cathedral	Alta	2013
		Rafsbotn Chapel	Rafsbotn	1989
	Talvik	Komagfjord Church	Komagfjord	1960
		Langfjord Church	Langfjord	1891
		Leirbotn Church	Leirbotn	1993
		Talvik Church	Talvik	1883
Hasvik	Hasvik	Breivikbotn Chapel	Breivikbotn	1959
		Dønnesfjord Church	Dønnesfjord	1888
		Hasvik Church	Hasvik	1955
		Sørvær Chapel	Sørvær	1968
Loppa	Loppa	Bergsfjord Church	Bergsfjord	1951
		Loppa Church	Loppa	1953
		Nuvsvåg Chapel	Nuvsvåg	1961
		Sandland Chapel	Sandland	1971
		Øksfjord Church	Øksfjord	1954

Hammerfest deanery

This deanery covers six municipalities in northern part of Finnmark county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Hammerfest in Hammerfest municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Gamvik	Gamvik	Gamvik Church	Gamvik	1958
		Hop Church	Skjånes	1977
		Mehamn Chapel	Mehamn	1965
Hammerfest	Hammerfest	Hammerfest Church	Hammerfest	1961
Kvalsund	Kvalsund	Kvalsund Church	Kvalsund	1936
		Sennalandet Chapel	Áisaroaivi	1961
	Kokelv	Kokelv Church	Kokelv	1960
Lebesby	Kjøllefjord	Kjøllefjord Church	Kjøllefjord	1951
	Lebesby	Lebesby Church	Lebesby	1962
		Kunes Chapel	Kunes
Måsøy	Måsøy	Gunnarnes Chapel	Rolvsøya	1986
		Havøysund Church	Havøysund	1961
		Ingøy Church	Ingøy	1957
		Måsøy Church	Måsøya	1953
		Slotten Chapel	Slåtten	1965
Nordkapp	Nordkapp	Gjesvær Chapel	Gjesvær	1960
		Honningsvåg Church	Honningsvåg	1885
		Repvåg Church	Repvåg	1967
		Skarsvåg Church	Skarsvåg	1961

Inner Finnmark deanery

This deanery (also called Sis-Finnmárkku proavássuohkan in the Northern Sami language) covers five municipalities in the southern part of Finnmark county. The deanery is headquartered in the village of Karasjok in Karasjok municipality. This is the largest deanery in Norway by size (25,520.2 square kilometres or 9,853.4 square miles). This deanery is also the only deanery in Norway with a majority of members being Sami people, which is why the Northern Sami language is the administrative language for the deanery. Services are held in both Norwegian and Sami languages. This deanery was established on 1 April 1991 when parts of the three existing deaneries were transferred to this new Sami-majority deanery.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Karasjok	Karasjok	Karasjok Church	Karasjok	1974
		Old Karasjok Church	Karasjok	1807
		Suosjavrre Chapel	Šuoššjávri	1968
		Valjok Church	Váljohka	1932
Kautokeino	Kautokeino	Kautokeino Church	Kautokeino	1958
		Láhpoluoppal Chapel	Láhpoluoppal	1967
		Masi Church	Masi	1965
Nesseby	Nesseby	Nesseby Church	Nesseby	1858
Porsanger	Porsanger	Brenna Chapel	Brenna	1971
		Børselv Church	Børselv	1958
		Kistrand Church	Kistrand	1856
		Lakselv Church	Lakselv	1963
		Skoganvarre Chapel	Skoganvarre	1963
Tana	Tana	Austertana Chapel	Austertana	1958
		Tana Church	Rustefjelbma	1964
	Polmak	Polmak Church	Polmak	1853

Varanger deanery

This deanery covers five municipalities in the eastern part of Finnmark county. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Vadsø in Vadsø municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Berlevåg	Berlevåg	Berlevåg Church	Berlevåg	1960
Båtsfjord	Båtsfjord	Båtsfjord Church	Båtsfjord	1971
		Hamningberg Chapel	Hamningberg	1949
		Syltefjord Chapel	Nordfjord	1934
Sør-Varanger	Sør-Varanger	Bugøynes Chapel	Bugøynes	1989
		Kirkenes Church	Kirkenes	1959
		King Oscar II Chapel	Grense Jakobselv	1869
		Neiden Chapel	Neiden	1902
		Svanvik Church	Svanvik (in the Pasvikdalen valley)	1934
Vadsø	Vadsø	Skallelv Church	Skallelv	1961
		Vadsø Church	Vadsø	1958
		Vestre Jakobselv Church	Vestre Jakobselv	1940
Vardø	Vardø	Vardø Church	Vardø	1958
		Vardø Chapel	Vardø	1908

References

Lists of Church of Norway churches in Norway by county
	Akershus Aust-Agder Buskerud Finnmark Hedmark Hordaland Møre og Romsdal Nordland Nord-Trøndelag Oppland Oslo Rogaland Sogn og Fjordane Sør-Trøndelag Telemark Troms Vest-Agder Vestfold Østfold