Davik Church

Davik Church
Davik kyrkje
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61°53′31″N 5°31′57″E / 61.8920515401°N 5.53241658217°E / 61.8920515401; 5.53241658217
LocationBremanger, Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
Websitekyrkja.no/bremanger
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Consecrated6 July 1886
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Georg Andreas Bull
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1886 (138 years ago) (1886)
Specifications
Capacity500
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
DeaneryNordfjord prosti
ParishDavik
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84021

Davik Church (Norwegian: Davik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Davik. It is the church for the Davik parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1886 by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]

It was consecrated on 6 July 1886 by the Bishop Fredrik Waldemar Hvoslef. The church was built near the site of a previous cruciform church which had become too small for the congregation. There was some controversy as to where the new (present) church was to be built. Many wanted the church to be built on the other side of the Nordfjorden, but the people on the south side protested, and it was finally decided to build the new church near the old church.[3]

  1. ^ "Davik kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
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