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.- 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
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Hove Church
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vikøyri.
Vikøyri
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
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Latitude
61.08012° or 61° 4′ 48″ north
Longitude
6.57811° or 6° 34′ 41″ east
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Inception
1877
Operator
Vik kyrkjelege fellesråd
Open location code
9FH83HJH+26
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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Satellite Map
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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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