Viker Church

Viker Church
Viker kirke
View of the church
Viker Church
60°26′58″N 10°02′24″E / 60.44942°N 10.03997°E / 60.44942; 10.03997
LocationRingerike, Buskerud
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denomination
Catholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Consecrated1697
Architecture
Functional status
Active
Architectural type
Long church
Completed1697 (329 years ago) (1697)
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseTunsberg
DeaneryRingerike prosti
ParishViker
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85842

Viker Church (Norwegian: Viker kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ringerike Municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is located in the village of Viker. It is the church for the Viker parish which is part of the Ringerike prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1697 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 250 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1462, but the church was not built that year. The first church was likely a small wooden stave church that was probably built in the 13th century. It seems that the church eventually became too small for the congregation and planning for a new church began in the 1690s. In 1702, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new long church that built using log construction. It has a large, but not tall, tower on the west end of the building. The church was repaired in 1825. The nave is rectangular, the choir is smaller and also rectangular. There is a sacristy extension from 1901 in the extension of the choir.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Viker kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  3. ↑ "Viker kirkested - Ådalen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  4. ↑ "Viker kirke". Norske-Kirker.net (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 November 2026.