Vik Church


Vik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikøyri. It is the church for the Vik parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1877 using designs by the architect Haakon Thorsen. The church seats about 450 people.

History

The church was built in 1877 to replace the old Hove Church and Hopperstad Stave Church. The two older churches each served different neighboring parishes, and when the new church was built, the two small parishes were merged into one parish. The church was consecrated on 23 August 1877 by Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland.