Drevja Church

Drevja Church
Drevja kirke
View of the church
65.98261391°N 13.2654359°E / 65.98261391; 13.2654359
Location	Vefsn Municipality, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1883
Consecrated	28 September 1883
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Andreas Grenstad and Torolf Prytz
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1883 (141 years ago) (1883)
Specifications
Capacity	200
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland
Deanery	Indre Helgeland prosti
Parish	Drevja
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	84035

Drevja Church (Norwegian: Drevja kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vefsn Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located at Nilsskogen in the Drevjedalen area of northern Vefsn Municipality. 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]

See also

• List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland

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.