Ortnevik Church

Historie

Ortnevik Church is a parish church in Høyanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ortnevik on the south shore of the Sognefjorden. The church is part of the Bjordal og Ortnevik parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The church was built in 1925, ending a period of hundreds of years where the parishioners had to cross the Sognefjorden by boat to get to their church.The red, wooden church, which has 292 seats, was built in 1925 in the dragestil style. It was consecrated in 1925. The architect was Lars Norevik, who lived in the village. Ortnevik Church 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 Ortevik Church and Bjordal Church being the parish churches. This meant that all the people in Høyanger on the south side of the fjord now had their own parish.