Knarvik Church

Church in Vestland, Norway

60°32′58″N 5°17′18″E / 60.5493805011°N 5.2882379293°E / 60.5493805011; 5.2882379293LocationAlver Municipality,
VestlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranWebsiteknarvikkyrkje.noHistoryStatusParish churchFounded2014Consecrated30 November 2014ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Reiulf Ramstad ArkitekterArchitectural typeLong churchStyleModernGroundbreaking15 September 2013Completed2014 (10 years ago) (2014)SpecificationsCapacity500MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseBjørgvin bispedømmeDeaneryNordhordland prostiParishKnarvik

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 70 million kr 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]

Media gallery

Exterior view
Exterior construction
Interior
Front window
Altar
Baptismal font
Bishop with foundation stone

References

^ "Knarvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
^ "Knarvik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Lindås kyrkjeleg fellesråd. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "Community Church Knarvik". Reiulf Ramstad Architects. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
^ "Reiulf Ramstad Architects". architonic.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.