Drevja Church

Drevja Church (Norwegian: Drevja kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Drevja area of northern Vefsn. It is the church for the Drevja parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1883 by the architects Andreas Grenstad and Torolf Prytz. The church seats about 200 people.[1][2] The church was consecrated on 28 September 1883.[3]

Drevja Church
Drevja kirke
View of the church
65.98261391°N 13.2654359°E / 65.98261391; 13.2654359
LocationVefsn, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1883
Consecrated28 September 1883
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Andreas Grenstad
and Torolf Prytz
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1883 (1883)
Specifications
Capacity200
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseSør-Hålogaland
DeaneryIndre Helgeland prosti
ParishDrevja
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84035

See also

References

  1. "Drevja kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. "Drevja menighet" (in Norwegian). Vefsn fellesråd. Retrieved 1 December 2011.

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