# Tarva Chapel

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{{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](/source/%C3%98rland_Municipality), [Trøndelag](/source/Tr%C3%B8ndelag)
|country            = [Norway](/source/Norway)
|churchmanship      = [Evangelical Lutheran](/source/Evangelical_Lutheran)
|denomination       = [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway)
|diocese            = [Nidaros bispedømme](/source/Diocese_of_Nidaros)
|deanery            = [Fosen prosti](/source/Fosen_prosti)
|parish             = Nes
|status             = [Chapel](/source/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](/source/Long_church)
|style              = 
|materials          = Wood
|capacity           = 55
}}

'''Tarva Chapel''' ({{langx|no|Tarva kapell}}) is a [chapel](/source/chapel) in [Ørland Municipality](/source/%C3%98rland_Municipality) in [Trøndelag](/source/Tr%C3%B8ndelag) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located at Nordbuen on the island of Husøya, the largest of the [Tarva](/source/Tarva_(Norway)). It is an annex chapel in the Nes [parish](/source/parish) which is part of the [Fosen prosti](/source/Fosen_prosti) ([deanery](/source/deanery)) in the [Diocese of Nidaros](/source/Diocese_of_Nidaros). The small, brown, wooden church was built in a [long church](/source/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 [consecrate](/source/consecrate)d 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](/source/List_of_churches_in_Nidaros)

==References==
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{{Churches in Fosen}}
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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

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