Drevja Church

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Drevja Church
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Drevja Church
65°58′57″N13°15′56″E / 65.98261391°N 13.2654359°E / 65.98261391; 13.2654359
Location Vefsn Municipality, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1883
Consecrated 28 September 1883
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Andreas Grenstad
and Torolf Prytz
Architectural type Long church
Completed1883(142 years ago) (1883)
Specifications
Capacity200
Materials Wood
Administration
Diocese Sør-Hålogaland
Deanery Indre Helgeland prosti
Parish Drevja
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID 84035

Drevja Church (Norwegian : Drevja kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located at Nilsskogen in the Drevjedalen area of northern Vefsn Municipality. It is the church for the Drevja parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1883 by the architects Andreas Grenstad and Torolf Prytz. The church seats about 200 people. [1] [2] The church was consecrated on 28 September 1883. [3]

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References

  1. "Drevja kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. "Drevja menighet" (in Norwegian). Vefsn fellesråd. Retrieved 1 December 2011.