Knarvik Church Explained

Knarvik Church
Fullname:Knarvik kyrkje
Coordinates:60.5494°N 5.2882°W
Location:Alver Municipality,
Vestland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Bjørgvin bispedømme
Parish:Knarvik
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Groundbreaking:15 September 2013
Founded Date:2014
Consecrated Date:30 November 2014
Architect:Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
Architectural Type:Long church
Style:Modern
Materials:Wood
Capacity:500

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]

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 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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Knarvik kirke . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen . 2020-03-08.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian . 2020-03-08.
  3. Web site: Knarvik kyrkje . Lindås kyrkjeleg fellesråd . Norwegian . 28 March 2014 . 28 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140328044317/http://knarvikkyrkje.no/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Community Church Knarvik . Reiulf Ramstad Architects . October 1, 2017.
  5. Web site: Reiulf Ramstad Architects . architonic.com . 2017-10-01.