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.Photo: DeServian1431, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Vik, Norway
- Also known as: “Vik”, “Vik i Sogn”, and “Vik kyrkje”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hopperstad Stave Church and Hove Church.
Hopperstad Stave Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hopperstad Stave Church is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in the village of Vikøyri in Vik Municipality in Vestland county. It was historically the church for the Hopperstad parish in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. Hopperstad Stave Church is situated 570 metres southwest of Vik Church.
Hove Church
Church
Photo: Per Magne Kjøde, Public domain.
Hove Church is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikøyri on the Arnafjord, an arm of the Sognefjord. Hove Church is situated 1 km south of Vik Church.
Hove power station
Power station
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hove power station is situated 1½ km south of Vik Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vikøyri.
Vikøyri
Photo: Iz48, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vikøyri is a village of 1200 people on the south side of the Sognefjorden. The medieval churches Hove Church and Hopperstad Stave Church, as well as Vik Church from 1877, are located here. It is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik.
Vik Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Vik, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.08012° or 61° 4′ 48″ northLongitude
6.57811° or 6° 34′ 41″ eastElevation
37 metres (121 feet)Inception
1877Operator
Vik kyrkjelege fellesrådOpen location code
9FH83HJH+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 557505344OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Vik Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Vik Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه فيك”
- Finnish: “Vikin kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vik kirke (Vik)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vik kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vik kirkested (Vik)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vik kyrkje (Vik)”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vik kyrkje i Sogn”
- Norwegian: “Vik kirke”
- Swedish: “Vik kyrka”
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