Vike Church (Hordaland)

Vike Church
Vike kyrkje

View of the church
Vike Church
Location in Hordaland county
Vike Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°41′55″N 5°35′07″E / 60.6986°N 5.5853°E / 60.6986; 5.5853Coordinates: 60°41′55″N 5°35′07″E / 60.6986°N 5.5853°E / 60.6986; 5.5853
Location Lindås, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s) Vike kapell
Consecrated 2 December 1891
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Johannes Øvsthus
Completed 1891
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vike
Deanery Nordhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Vike Church (Norwegian: Vike kyrkje) is a parish church in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikanes, along the Romarheimsfjorden. The church is part of the Vike parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1891 by the architect Johannes Øvsthus. The church seats about 200 people.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vike kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-03-28.



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