King Oscar II Chapel

The King Oscar II 's Chapel (Norwegian Kong Oscar IIs kapell ) is a small Lutheran church in the abandoned village Grense Jakobselv in Sør -Varanger in eastern Finnmark county in the extreme northeast of Norway.

The chapel is situated above the opening into the Varanger Fjord, here ästuarähnlich widened river Jakobselva, the center of the border with Russia forms - from 1920 to 1944 between Norway and Finland. The granite rock stone building was erected as a boundary marker after it has been often disputes about the border between the Norwegian and Russian fur hunters and fishermen, and consecrated by Bishop Friedrich Waldemar Hvoslef in September 1869. Belonging is a rectory. The architect was Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. A restoration took place in 1992.

Its name from the 70 seats bidding Church in 1873 during a visit by Norwegian King Oscar II of Sweden. At the visit is commemorated by a marble slab with the inscription: " King Oscar II heard the word of God here on July 4, 1873 " in Norwegian and Sami language. The chapel was a landmark for sailors because of their good visibility from the sea. For better visibility, it was limed white in 1883, again in 1884. This White 1969 removed the centenary. All ecclesiastical silver was (see Operation Nordlicht and 20th Mountain Army ) in 1944 stolen before the liberation of Finnmark.

The chapel is part of the cultural heritage of the Norwegian Riksantikvaren.