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]
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]