Knarvik Church

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Knarvik Church
Knarvik kyrkje
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Knarvik Church
60°32′58″N5°17′18″E / 60.5493805011°N 5.2882379293°E / 60.5493805011; 5.2882379293
Location Alver Municipality,
Vestland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Website knarvikkyrkje.no
History
Status Parish church
Founded2014
Consecrated 30 November 2014
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Architectural type Long church
Style Modern
Groundbreaking 15 September 2013
Completed2014(10 years ago) (2014)
Specifications
Capacity500
Materials Wood
Administration
Diocese Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery Nordhordland prosti
Parish Knarvik

Knarvik Church (Norwegian : Knarvik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Knarvik. It is one of the four churches for the Knarvik parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The wooden church was built in a modern long church design in 2014 using plans drawn up by the architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter. The church seats about 500 people. [1] [2]

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History

Work on the church site began on 3 November 2012, and on 15 September 2013 the Bishop Halvor Nordhaug laid the foundation stone during a church service on the construction site. The church council budgeted 70 million kr for the church. The church was designed by the firm of Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter. The modern-style church was consecrated on 30 November 2014. The exterior of the building features the markedly rising roofs of the spire, church sanctuary, and chapel. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Knarvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Knarvik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Lindås kyrkjeleg fellesråd. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
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