Sævik is a small village in
Namsos Municipality
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in
Trøndelag
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county,
Norway
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. The village was the site of the old
Sævik Church until the mid-1800s. The village is located about half-way between the villages of
Klinga and
Spillum, along the
Norwegian County Road 17
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. The town of
Namsos Namsos may refer to:
Places
*Namsos Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway
*Namsos (town)
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lies about to the north, on the other side of the river
Namsen.
History
Sævik had a church and was for many years the seat of a sub-parish (''sokn''). In the 16th century, ''Sævig'' (using the old spelling) was recorded as a part of
Fosnes prestegjeld
A ''prestegjeld'' was a geographic and administrative area within the Church of Norway (''Den Norske Kirke'') roughly equivalent to a parish. This traditional designation was in use for centuries to divide the kingdom into ecclesiastical areas tha ...
(parish). From 1820, it was part of the prestegjeld of Overhalla (not quite the same as the present-day
Overhalla Municipality
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). There were churches in Sævik,
Vemundvik (from 1844), and in
Namsos Namsos may refer to:
Places
*Namsos Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway
*Namsos (town)
Namsos is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and the administrative center of Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. ...
(from 1859).
In 1859, Namsos became a parish of its own. The parish of Sævik was split in 1859, so that the northern part (Vemundvik) remained with Overhalla, and Sævik became a parish of its own.
In 1866, a new church was built in the village of
Klinga, about south of Sævik and the old church in Sævik was torn down.
In May 1885, the parish changed its name from Sævig to Klingen since that's where the church was presently located.
References
Villages in Trøndelag
Namsos
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