Knarvik Church

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 style in 2014 using designs by the architectural firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]

Knarvik Church
Knarvik kyrkje
View of the church
Knarvik Church
Location of the church
Knarvik Church
Knarvik Church (Norway)
60.5498°N 5.2889°E / 60.5498; 5.2889
LocationAlver Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
Websitehttp://knarvikkyrkje.no/
History
StatusParish church
Founded2014
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Architectural typeLong church
StyleModern
Completed2014
Specifications
Capacity500
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishKnarvik
DeaneryNordhordland prosti
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme

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]

  • Exterior view
  • Exterior construction
  • Interior
  • Front window
  • Altar
  • Baptismal font
  • Bishop with foundation stone

See also

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.
  4. "Community Church Knarvik". Reiulf Ramstad Architects. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. "Reiulf Ramstad Architects". architonic.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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