Vik Church

Vik Church (Norwegian: Vik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikøyri. It is the church for the Vik parish which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1877 using designs by the architect Haakon Thorsen. The church seats about 450 people.[1][2]

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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61.0799°N 6.5781°E / 61.0799; 6.5781
Location	Vik Municipality, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1877
Consecrated	23 August 1877
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Haakon Thorsen
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1877
Specifications
Capacity	450
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Vik
Deanery	Sogn prosti
Diocese	Bjørgvin

History

View of the three churches in Vikøyri. The white church on the far left side of the picture is Hove Church. The church in the centre is Vik Church. The dark church on the far right side is Hopperstad Stave Church

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 church was consecrated on 23 August 1877 by Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland.[3][4]

See also

• List of churches in Bjørgvin

References

1. "Vik kyrkje, Sogn". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
3. Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Vik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
4. "Vik kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-12-07.