Bjerkvik Church
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| Bjerkvik Church | |
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| Bjerkvik kirke | |
 View of the church | |
  Bjerkvik Church | |
| Coordinates: 68°32′54″N 17°33′42″E / 68.5484°N 17.5617°E | |
| Location | Narvik, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie |
| Completed | 1955 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 320 |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Bjerkvik |
| Deanery | Ofoten prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Bjerkvik Church (Norwegian: Bjerkvik kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Narvik in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjerkvik. The church is part of the Bjerkvik parish in the Ofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.[1]
History
The first church was built in Bjerkvik in 1914, but that church was destroyed by fire during an attack by the Allied forces on 13 April 1940 during World War II. A replacement church was completed in 1955 and it was consecrated on 14 August 1955 by the Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen. The new church was designed by architects Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie. The white, concrete church was built to seat about 320 people.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Bjerkvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Bjerkvik" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-06-04.
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