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Ortnevik Church

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Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Completed
  
1925

Opened
  
1925

Architectural style
  
Dragestil

Denomination
  
Church of Norway

Functional status
  
Active

Address
  
5962 Bjordal, Norway

Capacity
  
292

Status
  
Parish church

Ortnevik Church

Location
  
Høyanger Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane

Diocese
  
Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin

Similar
  
Stavang Church, Bjordal Church, Holmedal Church, Guddal Church, Holsen Church

Ortnevik Church (Norwegian: Ortnevik kyrkje) is a parish church in Høyanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ortnevik on the south shore of the Sognefjorden. The church is part of the Bjordal og Ortnevik parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The church was built in 1925, ending a period of hundreds of years where the parishioners had to cross the Sognefjorden by boat to get to their church.

The red, wooden church, which has 292 seats, was built in 1925 in the dragestil style. It was consecrated in 1925. The architect was Lars Norevik, who lived in the village. Ortnevik Church had the status of a chapel until 1 January 1997 when it was upgraded to a church. At the same time the new parish of Bjordal og Ortnevik was created with Ortevik Church and Bjordal Church being the parish churches. This meant that all the people in Høyanger on the south side of the fjord now had their own parish.

References

Ortnevik Church Wikipedia