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]
| Røsvik Church | |
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| Røsvik kirke | |
 View of the church | |
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| 67°28′52″N 15°28′03″E / 67.48120132°N 15.46746832°E | |
| Location | Sørfold Municipality, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1883 |
| Consecrated | 1883 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Knut Guttormsen and Jon Andersen Leistad |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Completed | 1883 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 600 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Sør-Hålogaland |
| Deanery | Salten prosti |
| Parish | Sørfold |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Not protected |
| ID | 85344 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Røsvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 18 October 2018.