{{short description|Church in Trøndelag, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Tarva Chapel |full_name = Tarva kapell |former_name = |image = |caption = View of the chapel |website = |coordinates = {{coord|63.81844399|9.43048864|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |location = Ørland Municipality, Trøndelag |country = Norway |churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran |denomination = Church of Norway |diocese = Nidaros bispedømme |deanery = Fosen prosti |parish = Nes |status = Chapel |functional_status = Active |founded = 1972 |consecrated = 8 Oct 1972 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1972}} |closed = |events = |architect = |architectural_type = Long church |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 55 }}
'''Tarva Chapel''' ({{langx|no|Tarva kapell}}) is a chapel in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at Nordbuen on the island of Husøya, the largest of the Tarva. It is an annex chapel in the Nes parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The small, brown, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1972 by the people on the island. The church seats about 55 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-02-27}}</ref>
==History== The chapel was built on the site of the island's cemetery which was opened in 1921. The new chapel was completed in 1972 and consecrated on 8 October 1972. The altarpiece has a picture painted by Sigvald A. Pettersen in 1972 with a motif from the stable in Bethlehem.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tarva Chapel |url=https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/tarva-chapel/91094/ |publisher=VisitNorway.com |accessdate=2018-02-27}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{cite web |title=Tarva kapell |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/trondelag/tarva-kapell/ |website=Norges-Kirker.no |access-date=2021-05-09 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
==See also== *List of churches in Nidaros
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Churches in Fosen}} {{Authority control}} {{use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
Category:Ørland Municipality Category:Churches in Trøndelag Category:Wooden churches in Norway Category:Long churches in Norway Category:20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Category:Churches completed in 1972 Category:1972 establishments in Norway