Bjerkvik Church

Church in Nordland, Norway

68°32′54″N 17°33′42″E / 68.54845687°N 17.56153822°E / 68.54845687; 17.56153822LocationNarvik, NordlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1914Consecrated14 Aug 1955ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Arnstein Arneberg
and Per SolemslieArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1955 (69 years ago) (1955)SpecificationsCapacity320MaterialsConcreteAdministrationDioceseSør-HålogalandDeaneryOfoten prostiParishBjerkvik

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID83897

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 using plans drawn up by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie. The church seats about 320 people.^[1]^[2]

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 same year on 14 August by the Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen.^[3]^[4]

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References

^ "Bjerkvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ Store norske leksikon. "Bjerkvik" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 June 2012.
^ "Bjerkvik kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 19 March 2021.