Vestvik Church

Vestvik Church
Vestvik kirke / Framverran kirke

View of the church
Vestvik Church
Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Vestvik Church
Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°53′35″N 10°58′05″E / 63.8931°N 10.9681°E / 63.8931; 10.9681
Location Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 3 November 1905
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jon Rostad
Completed 1905
Specifications
Capacity 275
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Mosvik
Deanery Nord-Innherad
Diocese Diocese of Nidaros

Vestvik Church (Norwegian: Vestvik kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Inderøy in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Framverran. The church is part of the Mosvik parish in the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The wooden church building was constructed in 1905 to replace an old church built in 1823. Prior to this, there were another wooden church of unknown age, mentioned in archbishops registers in 1533.[1]

The present church was built by the architect Jon Rostad using some of the materials from the 1823 church. It seats about 275 people.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jan Brendalsmo. Kirkebygg og kirkebyggere, byggherrer i Trøndelag ca. 1000-1600. Unipub, 2006. ISBN 82-7477-226-1. Page 618
  2. ↑ "Vestvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Inderøy prestegjeld. Retrieved 2011-06-02.


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