Bjerkvik Church
Bjerkvik Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjerkvik. It is the church for the Bjerkvik parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1955 using plans drawn up by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie. The church seats about 320 people. History The first church was built in Bjerkvik in 1914. Allied forces destroyed it on 13 April 1940, during World War II. Its replacement was completed in 1955 and consecrated that same year on 14 August by the Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen. Media gallery See also List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland References Narvik Churches in Nordland Wooden churches in Norway 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1955 1914 establishments in Norway Long churches in Norway Concrete churches in Norway