Kjøpsvik Church () is a
parish church
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of the
Church of Norway
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in
Narvik Municipality
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in
Nordland
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county,
Norway
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. It is located in the village of
Kjøpsvik
or is a village in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Tysfjorden, north of the small village of Storå. The island of Hulløya lies off the coast of Kjøpsvik. The village has ...
. It is the church for the Kjøpsvik
parish
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which is part of the
Ofoten prosti (
deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of ...
) in the
Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white,
concrete
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church was built in a
long church
Church building in Norway began when Christianity in Norway, Christianity was established there around the year 1000. The first buildings may have been post churches erected in the 10th or 11th century, but the evidence is inconclusive. For inst ...
style in 1975 using plans drawn up by the
architect
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Nils Toft. The church seats about 400 people.
History
On 9 February 1601, a royal decree ordered the construction of the first church in Tysfjord. This church was built in Kjøpsvik later in 1601, about southwest of the present church site, much closer to the shoreline. In 1791, the old church was taken down and moved to the nearby island of
Hulløya. In 1839, the old church on Hulløya was taken down moved back to Kjøpsvik. In 1888, the old church was disassembled and moved to the village of
Korsnes where it was rebuilt and it became known as
Korsnes Church. A new church was built in Kjøpsvik to replace the old church that was taken down. The new church was constructed about to the northeast of the old church site. By 1966, it was noted that old church was poorly maintained and it was difficult to heat during the winters, so a new building was seen as more economical that trying to fix up the old building. In 1975, the old church was torn down and a new church was built just to the west of the old church.
Media gallery
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See also
*
List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland
References
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Narvik
Churches in Nordland
20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1975
1601 establishments in Norway
Long churches in Norway
Concrete churches in Norway