Ortnevik Church

Ortnevik Church
Ortnevik kyrkje

View of Ortnevik (view full size and the red church is in the center of the picture)
Ortnevik Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Ortnevik Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°06′26″N 6°07′51″E / 61.1072°N 6.1307°E / 61.1072; 6.1307Coordinates: 61°06′26″N 6°07′51″E / 61.1072°N 6.1307°E / 61.1072; 6.1307
Location Høyanger Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Lars Norevik
Style Dragestil
Completed 1925
Specifications
Capacity 292
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Bjordal og Ortnevik
Deanery Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Ortnevik Church (Norwegian: Ortnevik kyrkje) is a parish church in Høyanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ortnevik on the south shore of the Sognefjorden. The church is part of the Bjordal og Ortnevik parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The church was built in 1925, ending a period of hundreds of years where the parishioners had to cross the Sognefjorden by boat to get to their church.[1][2]

The red, wooden church, which has 292 seats, was built in 1925 in the dragestil style. It was consecrated in 1925. The architect was Lars Norevik, who lived in the village. Ortnevik Church had the status of a chapel until 1 January 1997 when it was upgraded to a church. At the same time the new parish of Bjordal og Ortnevik was created with Ortevik Church and Bjordal Church being the parish churches. This meant that all the people in Høyanger on the south side of the fjord now had their own parish.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ortnevik kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Ortnevik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-01-19.



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