Sævik or Sævig is a small village in the municipality of
Namsos in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...
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
Spillum is a village in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the south side of the Namsen river about directly south of the centre of the town of Namsos and about north of the village of Klinga. ...
, along the
Norwegian County Road 17. The town of
Namsos 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 was recorded as a part of
Fosnes
Fosnes is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it was merged into Namsos Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the muni ...
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 the same as
Overhalla municipality). There were churches in Sævik,
Vemundvik
Vemundvik is a village in Namsos municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the shore, about north of the Namsos (town), town of Namsos and about east of the village of Ramsvika, Trøndelag, Ramsvika. Vemundvik Ch ...
(from 1844), and in
Namsos (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 was torn down.
In May 1885, the parish changed its name from Sævig to Klingen since that's where the church was then located.
References
Villages in Trøndelag
Namsos
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