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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The Hammerfest Church, which was consecrated in 1961, is built in reinforced concrete according to the plans of architect Hans Magnus and is characterised by its modernist form and construction. The church contains both valuable furniture from previous churches and distinctive furniture from the time of construction and later periods.
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.
The church in Komagfjord is a cross church dating from 1960. The first church in Komagfjorden was consecrated on 15 September 1887. It was a long church, and it was situated a little higher up the hill, above the shop and the quay. The church was, like most of Finnmark, burnt down by the German occupation forces when they withdrew from Finnmark in the autumn of 1944.
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