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Utvik Church

Utvik Church
Utvik kyrkje
Utvik kirke.jpg
View of the church
Utvik Church is located in Sogn og Fjordane
Utvik Church
Utvik Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Utvik Church is located in Norway
Utvik Church
Utvik Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°48′25″N 6°31′13″E / 61.8069°N 6.5202°E / 61.8069; 6.5202Coordinates: 61°48′25″N 6°31′13″E / 61.8069°N 6.5202°E / 61.8069; 6.5202
Location Stryn Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 29 Nov 1840
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hans Linstow
Completed 1840
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Utvik
Deanery Nordfjord prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Utvik Church (Norwegian: Utvik kyrkje) is a parish church in Stryn Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Utvik. The church is part of the Utvik parish in the Nordfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white wooden church was built in 1840 by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 350 people.

There has been a church at Utvik since the 13th century. The stave church apparently existed until the early 17th century. In 1617, a new cruciform church was built to replace the previous church. The present church was built in 1840 to replace the previous church. The present church was consecrated on 29 November 1840.




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