Bjerkvik Church

Bjerkvik Church (Norwegian: Bjerkvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjerkvik. It is the church for the Bjerkvik parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1955 by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie. The church seats about 320 people.[1][2]

Bjerkvik Church
Bjerkvik kirke
View of the church
Bjerkvik Church
Location of the church
Bjerkvik Church
Bjerkvik Church (Norway)
68.5484°N 17.5617°E / 68.5484; 17.5617
LocationNarvik, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1914
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Arnstein Arneberg
and Per Solemslie
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1955
Specifications
Capacity320
MaterialsConcrete
Administration
ParishBjerkvik
DeaneryOfoten prosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland

History

The first church was built in Bjerkvik in 1914. Allied forces destroyed it on 13 April 1940, during World War II. Its replacement was completed in 1955 and consecrated that 14 August by the Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen.[3]

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See also
  • List of churches in Nordland

References
  1. "Bjerkvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Bjerkvik" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-06-04.
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