Hommelvik Church | |
Fullname: | Hommelvik kirke |
Coordinates: | 63.4108°N 10.7974°W |
Location: | Malvik, Trøndelag |
Country: | Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Diocese: | Nidaros bispedømme |
Parish: | Hommelvik |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1886 |
Consecrated Date: | 25 May 1887 |
Architect: | Johan Wæhre Osvald Magnus Günther |
Architectural Type: | Long church |
Materials: | Wood |
Capacity: | 360 |
Hommelvik Church (Norwegian: Hommelvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Malvik municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hommelvik. It is one of the churches for the Hommelvik parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1886 by the architects Johan Wæhre and Osvald Magnus Günther. The church seats about 360 people.[1] [2]
The first church in Hommelvik was built in 1886. The new church was consecrated on 25 May 1887 by the Bishop Niels Laache. In 1950, the church was extensively restored under the direction of John Egil Tverdahl.[3] [4]