# Elgsnes Chapel

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**Elgsnes Chapel** (Norwegian: *Elgsnes kapell*) is a [chapel](/source/Chapel) of the [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway) in [Harstad Municipality](/source/Harstad_Municipality) in [Troms](/source/Troms) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located in the village of [Elgsnes](/source/Elgsnes) on the island of [Hinnøya](/source/Hinn%C3%B8ya), just northwest of the [town of Harstad](/source/Harstad_(town)). It is an [annex chapel](/source/Annex_chapel) for the Trondenes [parish](/source/Parish) which is part of the [Trondenes prosti](/source/Trondenes_prosti) ([deanery](/source/Deanery)) in the [Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland](/source/Diocese_of_Nord-H%C3%A5logaland). The brown, wooden church was built in a [long church](/source/Churches_in_Norway#Floor_plan) style in 1985 using plans drawn up by the [architect](/source/Architect) Ivar Tolo who was hired by Edvard Ruud. The church seats about 100 people.[1][2]

The chapel was built as a memorial [Hans Egede](/source/Hans_Egede), the famous 17th-century [missionary](/source/Missionary) to [Greenland](/source/Greenland) who was from this part of [Trondenes](/source/Trondenes). As such, the chapel is often called *Hans Egedes minne* (Hans Egede's memorial).[2]

## See also

- [List of churches in Nord-Hålogaland](/source/List_of_churches_in_Nord-H%C3%A5logaland)

## References

1. ["Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker"](http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm) (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-28.

1. ["Elgsnes kapell"](https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/troms/elgsnes-kapell/) (in Norwegian). *Norges-Kirker.no*. Retrieved 2021-03-07.

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