Ervik Church


Ervik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ervika at the northern end of the Stadlandet peninsula. It is the church for the Ervik parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, brick church was built in a long church style in 1970 by the architectural firm Arnstein Arneberg. The church seats about 180 people.
The church is the location to a memorial to those killed during the sinking of the SS Sanct Svithun during World War II.

History

Ervika has been the site of a church graveyard since before the year 1550. It is possible that there once stood a small chapel on the site. In 1907, the area was fenced in. In 1965, the government agreed to allow the construction of a chapel on the site. This new chapel was completed in 1970 and it served as an annex to the main Selje Church. In 1997, the building was upgraded to a full parish church.

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