Ortnevik Church | |
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Ortnevik kyrkje | |
61°06′26″N 6°07′50″E / 61.1072435379°N 6.13065755364°E | |
Location | Høyanger Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Former name(s) | Ortnevik Chapel |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1925 |
Consecrated | 1925 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Lars Norevik |
Architectural type | Long church |
Style | Dragestil |
Completed | 1925 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 292 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Sunnfjord prosti |
Parish | Bjordal og Ortnevik |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 85239 |
Ortnevik Church (Norwegian: Ortnevik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ortnevik on the south shore of the Sognefjorden. It is one of the two churches for the Bjordal og Ortnevik parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design and a dragestil style in 1925 using plans drawn up by the architect Lars Norevik, who lived in the village. The church seats about 292 people.[1][2]