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Neiden River
Neiden may refer to: *Neiden, Norway, a village in Sør-Varanger, Finnmark county, Norway *Neiden Chapel, a chapel in the village of Neiden, Sør-Varanger, Finnmark county, Norway *''Neidenelva'', the Norwegian name of the Näätämö River that flows through Norway and Finland *Neiden, Germany, a village in the municipality Elsnig, Saxony, Germany {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neiden, Norway
Neiden ( sms, Njauddâm, sme, Njávdán, smn, Njiävđám, and fi, Näätämö, previously also ''Näytämö'') is a village area in the Sápmi (area), Sápmi area along the Finland–Norway border with about 250 inhabitants. Neiden, situated along the Neiden River, actually consists of two villages 12 kilometers apart, separated by the border of Norway and Finland. One village is in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway, and the other village is in Inari, Finland, Inari Municipality in Lapland (Finland), Lapland, Finland. ''Neiden'' is the official name in Norway and ''Näätämö'' in Finland. The European route E6 highway runs through the Norwegian village of Neiden. The village on the Finnish side is close to the border and has border shops. History Neiden became the main settlement of the westernmost ( sme, siida, i.e. the fundamental unit of the old Sami people, Sami society, indicating both the area and the family group(s) exploiting it) of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neiden Chapel
Neiden Chapel ( no, Neiden kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Neiden. It is one of the churches for the Sør-Varanger parish which is part of the Varanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The red and white, wooden church was built in a long church format in the style called ''dragestil'' in 1902 by the architect Karl Norum. The church seats about 155 people. History In 1898, many farmers in Neiden made a request to the Ministry of Church and Education to have a church and a cemetery built in Neiden. Only four years later, the church was finished. The residents' desire to have a church coincided with the government's desire to secure the border from Finnish-Russian expansion, and a Norwegian church near the border would help. Architect Karl Norum was very keen on old Norwegian stave churches, and he created a dragestil building that would be an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Näätämö River
Neiden ( sms, Njauddâm, sme, Njávdán, smn, Njiävđám, and fi, Näätämö, previously also ''Näytämö'') is a village area in the Sápmi area along the Finland–Norway border with about 250 inhabitants. Neiden, situated along the Neiden River, actually consists of two villages 12 kilometers apart, separated by the border of Norway and Finland. One village is in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway, and the other village is in Inari Municipality in Lapland, Finland. ''Neiden'' is the official name in Norway and ''Näätämö'' in Finland. The European route E6 highway runs through the Norwegian village of Neiden. The village on the Finnish side is close to the border and has border shops. History Neiden became the main settlement of the westernmost ( sme, siida, i.e. the fundamental unit of the old Sami society, indicating both the area and the family group(s) exploiting it) of the Skolts and has remained relatively unchanged, leaving nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
