Location Narvik, Nordland Denomination Church of Norway Founded 1914 Address 8530 Bjerkvik, Norway Capacity 320 Architect Arnstein Arneberg | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Status Parish church Opened 1955 Phone +47 76 95 21 35 | |
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Similar Ankenes Church, Narvik Church, Håkvik Chapel, Bjørnfjell Chapel, Fredskapellet | ||
Bjerkvik Church (Norwegian: Bjerkvik kirke) is a parish church in the village of Bjerkvik, in the municipality of Narvik, in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Bjerkvik parish, the Ofoten deanery and the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.
History
The first church was built in Bjerkvik in 1914. Allied forces destroyed it on 13 April 1940, during World War II. Its replacement was completed in 1955 and consecrated that 14 August by the Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen. The white concrete building was designed by architects Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie, and seats about 320 people.
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