Lavik Church (Norwegian: Lavik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lavik on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden. It is the church for the Lavik parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1865 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 380 people.[1][2]
LavikChurch (Norwegian: Lavik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in...
centre of the municipality was the village of Lavik where LavikChurch is located. Ladevig (later spelled Lavik) was established as a municipality on 1 January...
Andersson Lavik and Kari Andersdotter Kyte. He was a brother of journalist and newspaper editor Johannes Lavik and actor and theatre director Dore Lavik. In...
An octagonal church has an octagonal (eight-sided polygon) architectural plan. The exterior and the interior (the nave) may be shaped as eight-sided polygon...
administrative center of Lavik og Brekke was the village of Lavik. There were two churches in the municipality: LavikChurch in Lavik on the north side of...
inhabitants was moved to Lavik og Brekke. On 1 January 1905, the municipality of Lavik og Brekke was split (back) into two parts, Lavik (population: 1,182)...
Hyllestad Church (Norwegian: Hyllestad kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hyllestad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is...
was created from parts of the neighboring municipalities of Askvoll and Lavik. Hyllestad is located on the north side of the Sognefjorden, near the mouth...
Viksdalen Church (Norwegian: Viksdalen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is...
Vassenden Church (Norwegian: Vassenden kyrkje) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located...
Vevring Church (Norwegian: Vevring kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located...
Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021. Lavik, Per Jahn (1993). Brekke, Nils Georg (ed.). Kulturhistorisk vegbok Hordaland...
Guddal Church (Norwegian: Guddal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Fjaler Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in...
and folklorist Nils Andresson Lavik (1884-1966), politician from the Christian Democratic Party of Norway Johannes Lavik (1856-1929), journalist and newspaper...
Nordal Church (Norwegian: Nordal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the...
Holmedal Church (Norwegian: Holmedal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Askvoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located...
Haukedalen Church (Norwegian: Haukedalen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is...
Kinn Church (Norwegian: Kinn kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small...
Bjordal Church (Norwegian: Bjordal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located...
Bygstad Church (Norwegian: Bygstad kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located...
Ortnevik Church (Norwegian: Ortnevik kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located...
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