Karasjok gamle kyrke Multi-cache

This is a two-step multicache. Final position is located approximately 500m. from the church.

Step 1: Visit the church (see coordinates) and look for a stone with a message from the Maria-sisters from former west Germany. The text on the stone will help get the final coordinates.

N 69 27 BCC

E 25 30 AAA

AAA = ("PSALM NUMBER" x 10) - 44 , (two digits before comma sign)

B = MONTH

CC = YEAR (two last digits) - 14

The church is a cruciform church from 1807. The church is the oldest standing church in Finnmark.

At the end of WWII, when Germany started to retreat back from Norway, they burned and destroyed everything in Karasjok, except for the church. 

For more information about the church, see:

http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karasjok_gamle_kirke

The final position are close to a place named "Svenskebacken" (Swedish hill). Rumours tells that people fled to Sweden during WWII and the trail passed here.