The church in Kokelv is a wooden church built in 1960 by a group of 24 German volunteers sponsored by Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, who spent seven months in Kokelv to build the church as a sign of reconciliation with the Norwegian people who had suffered under German occupation during the Second World War. The architect of the church is Rolf Harlew Jenssen.
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Slotten church is a church built from 1963 to 1965. There was already a church in Slåtten from 1896. Sadly, it burned together with the rest of the village during the destruction of Finnmark in 1944.
The Kistrand church, which was consecrated in 1856, is a long church built in neo-gothic and Swiss-style panelling according to the drawings of Chr. H. Grosch. The porch is topped by a roof and the church spire has a wind wing dating from 1719. The church was originally painted red but was first painted white in 1883 when the church was repaired after hurricane damage. In the years 1944-45, the church was in turn used as a German command centre, as a quarter for the Norwegian forces and as temporary accommodation for civilians.
The church in Kvalsund was built of wood in 1892. The architect of the church is Christian Thams. The church was built on unstable ground so that in 1936 the church was demolished and rebuilt on the present site.
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