Drevja Church Explained

Drevja Church
Fullname:Drevja kirke
Coordinates:65.9826°N 13.2654°W
Location:Vefsn, Nordland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Sør-Hålogaland
Parish:Drevja
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1883
Consecrated Date:28 September 1883
Architect:Andreas Grenstad
and Torolf Prytz
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Wood
Capacity:200

Drevja Church (Norwegian: Drevja kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Drevja area of northern Vefsn. 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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Drevja kirke . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen . 2018-09-30.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian . 2018-09-30.
  3. Web site: Drevja menighet . Vefsn fellesråd . Norwegian . 2011-12-01.