Vik Church
This article is about the church in Vik, Norway. For the church in Flatanger, Norway, see Vik Church (Flatanger).
| Vik Church | |
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| Vik kyrkje | |
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View of the church | |
  Vik Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county | |
| 61°04′48″N 6°34′41″E / 61.0799°N 6.5781°ECoordinates: 61°04′48″N 6°34′41″E / 61.0799°N 6.5781°E | |
| Location |
Vik Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 23 August 1877 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Haakon Thorsen |
| Completed | 1877 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 450 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Vik |
| Deanery | Indre Sogn prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Vik Church (Norwegian: Vik kyrkje) is a parish church in Vik Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikøyri. The church is part of the Vik parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The church was built in 1877 to replace the old Hove Church and Hopperstad Stave Church. The two older churches each served different neighboring parishes, and when the new church was built, the two small parishes were merged into one parish. The white, wooden church, which has 450 seats, was consecrated on 23 August 1877 by Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. The architect Haakon Thorsen made the designs for the building.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Vik kyrkje, Sogn". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
- ↑ "Vik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
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