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RøSVIK CHURCH Latitude and Longitude:

67°28′52″N 15°28′03″E / 67.48120132°N 15.46746832°E / 67.48120132; 15.46746832
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Røsvik Church
Røsvik kirke
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67°28′52″N 15°28′03″E / 67.48120132°N 15.46746832°E / 67.48120132; 15.46746832
Location Sørfold, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1883
Consecrated1883
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Knut Guttormsen and
Jon Andersen Leistad
Architectural type Long church
Style Gothic
Completed1883 (141 years ago) (1883)
Specifications
Capacity600
MaterialsWood
Administration
Diocese Sør-Hålogaland
Deanery Salten prosti
ParishSørfold
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID 85344

Røsvik Church ( Norwegian: Røsvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Røsvika. It is one of the churches for the Sørfold parish which is part of the Salten prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The brown, gothic-style, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1883 by the architects Knut Guttormsen and Jon Andersen Leistad. The church seats about 600 people. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ^ "Røsvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 18 October 2018.