Vivestad Church

Vivestad Church
Vivestad kirke
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59°25′20″N 10°07′59″E / 59.422341°N 10.132933°E / 59.422341; 10.132933
LocationTønsberg Municipality, Vestfold
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded12th-century
Consecrated1914
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Carl Berner
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1914 (110 years ago) (1914)
Specifications
Capacity152
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseTunsberg
DeaneryTønsberg domprosti
ParishVivestad
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85860

Vivestad Church (Norwegian: Vivestad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tønsberg Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vivestad. It is the church for the Vivestad parish which is part of the Tønsberg domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1914 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl Berner. The church seats about 152 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Vivestad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 6 February 2024.