Kåfjord Church
Kåfjord Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gáivuotna–Kåfjord Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Olderdalen. It is the church for the Kåfjord parish which is part of the Nord-Troms prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1949 using plans drawn up by the architect Kirsten Sand. The church seats about 250 people. History. The first chapel building in Kåfjord was built in 1722 in connection with the Sami mission led  by Thomas von Westen. It was known as the "Finnekapellet". The chapel was about long and it was used until around the year 1800. After that time, residents would travel to the Lyngen Church, about down the fjord. It wasn't until 1949 when Kåfjord its first official church building. Kåfjord Church was built on the initiative of the inhabitants of the village of Olderdalen who collected funds and reused materials to build it. The church was renovated in 1989-1990.