Neiden Chapel, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Neiden is a village located in the Sápmi area, the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sámi people, along the Norway and Finland border.
Situated along the River Neiden, it actually consists of 2 villages separated by the border. One side is in Sør-Varanger municipality in Troms og Finnmark in Norway and the other side is in the Inari municipality in Lappi, Finland. Neiden is the official name in Norway and Näätämö is the official name in Finland.
The European route E6 highway runs through the Norwegian village of Neiden. In the Finnish view, Neiden/Näätämö extends into Finland and there is a small village in Finland near the border called Näätämö around 7 miles from Neiden village centre.
Neiden Chapel (Norwegian: Neiden kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway located in the village of Neiden. In 1898, many farmers in Neiden made a request to the Ministry of Church and Education to have a church and a cemetery built in Neiden. Only 4 years later, the church was finished. The residents' desire to have a church coincided with the Government's desire to secure the border from Finnish-Russian expansion and they believed that a Norwegian church near the border would help. The red and white wooden church was built in a long church format in the style called dragestil by the architect Karl Norum and was consecrated in July 1902. Karl Norum was very keen on old Norwegian stave churches and he created a dragestil building that would be an expression of Norwegian culture and national cohesion in a border area.
The cemetery and the area surrounding Neiden Chapel is well known amongst birders visiting the region as a reliable site to see Arctic Warbler. The Arctic Warbler is a widespread leaf warbler in sub-Arctic birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in the northern Palearctic and this extends in to the far east fringe areas of Norway and Finland.
Date: 28th June 2019
Location: Neiden Chapel, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
Situated along the River Neiden, it actually consists of 2 villages separated by the border. One side is in Sør-Varanger municipality in Troms og Finnmark in Norway and the other side is in the Inari municipality in Lappi, Finland. Neiden is the official name in Norway and Näätämö is the official name in Finland.
The European route E6 highway runs through the Norwegian village of Neiden. In the Finnish view, Neiden/Näätämö extends into Finland and there is a small village in Finland near the border called Näätämö around 7 miles from Neiden village centre.
Neiden Chapel (Norwegian: Neiden kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway located in the village of Neiden. In 1898, many farmers in Neiden made a request to the Ministry of Church and Education to have a church and a cemetery built in Neiden. Only 4 years later, the church was finished. The residents' desire to have a church coincided with the Government's desire to secure the border from Finnish-Russian expansion and they believed that a Norwegian church near the border would help. The red and white wooden church was built in a long church format in the style called dragestil by the architect Karl Norum and was consecrated in July 1902. Karl Norum was very keen on old Norwegian stave churches and he created a dragestil building that would be an expression of Norwegian culture and national cohesion in a border area.
The cemetery and the area surrounding Neiden Chapel is well known amongst birders visiting the region as a reliable site to see Arctic Warbler. The Arctic Warbler is a widespread leaf warbler in sub-Arctic birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in the northern Palearctic and this extends in to the far east fringe areas of Norway and Finland.
Date: 28th June 2019
Location: Neiden Chapel, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
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