Lavik Church

Lavik Church
Lavik kyrkje
View of the church
Lavik Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Lavik Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°06′19″N 5°30′28″E / 61.1052°N 5.5077°ECoordinates: 61°06′19″N 5°30′28″E / 61.1052°N 5.5077°E
Location	Høyanger Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	10 Dec 1865
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Christian Heinrich Grosch
Style	Octagonal
Completed	1865
Specifications
Capacity	380
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Lavik
Deanery	Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Lavik Church (Norwegian: Lavik kyrkje) is a parish church in Høyanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lavik on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden. The church is part of the Lavik parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.^[1][2]

There have been churches here since at least the 12th century. The previous church was too small for the parish, so it was torn down and the present church was built. The present Lavik Church is a white, wooden, octagonal church that has 380 seats. It was consecrated on 10 December 1865 by the Dean Thomas Erichsen. The architect Christian Henrik Grosch made the designs for the church. This is not the first church on this site. Prior to 1809, Lavik church was an annex church in the Evindvig parish, but since 1809 it has been its own parish.^[3][4]

See also

• List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane

References

1. "Lavik kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
3. "Lavik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
4. "Prestegjeld og sokn i Sogn og Fjordane" (in Norwegian). National Archives of Norway.