Ortnevik Church


Ortnevik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ortnevik on the south shore of the Sognefjorden. It is one of the two churches for the Bjordal og Ortnevik parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design and a dragestil style in 1925 using designs by the architect Lars Norevik, who lived in the village. The church seats about 292 people.

History

The chapel was built and consecrated in 1925, ending a period of hundreds of years where the parishioners had to cross the Sognefjorden by boat to get to their church. It had the status of a chapel until 1 January 1997 when it was upgraded to a church. At the same time the new parish of Bjordal og Ortnevik was created with Ortnevik Church and Bjordal Church being the two parish churches. This meant that all the people in Høyanger on the south side of the fjord now had their own parish.