Røsvik Church

Church in Nordland, Norway

67°28′52″N 15°28′03″E / 67.48120132°N 15.46746832°E / 67.48120132; 15.46746832LocationSørfold, NordlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1883Consecrated1883ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Knut Guttormsen and
Jon Andersen LeistadArchitectural typeLong churchStyleGothicCompleted1883 (141 years ago) (1883)SpecificationsCapacity600MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseSør-HålogalandDeanerySalten prostiParishSørfold

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID85344

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]

References

^ "Røsvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 18 October 2018.