Vik Church

This article is about the church in Vik, Norway. For the church in Flatanger, Norway, see Vik Church (Flatanger).
Vik Church
Vik kyrkje

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Vik Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Vik Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°04′48″N 6°34′41″E / 61.0799°N 6.5781°E / 61.0799; 6.5781Coordinates: 61°04′48″N 6°34′41″E / 61.0799°N 6.5781°E / 61.0799; 6.5781
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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Vik kyrkje, Sogn". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Vik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-01-27.



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