Vevring Church (Norwegian: Vevring kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Indrevevring. It is one of two churches for the Naustdal parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1846 by the architectHans Linstow. The church seats about 225 people.[1][2]
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1330, but the church was not new at that time. The first church in Vevring was likely a wooden stave church that was built during the 12th century. During the 1600s, the church was renovated and expanded. A new timber-framednave was added on to the old church. The old nave was converted into the choir of the church and the old choir was torn down and its materials were used to build a church porch. After the renovation, the nave measured 15 by 9.5 metres (49 ft × 31 ft) with a choir measuring 5.6 by 6.9 metres (18 ft × 23 ft). In the 1770s, part of the church collapsed and had to be rebuilt.[3][4][5]
1846年、教会は取り壊され、同じ場所に新しい教会が建てられました。新しい教会はハンス・リンストウが設計し、ヤコブ・ホイヴィクとベンディックス・ヨハネセンが主任建設者でした。新しい教会は1846年9月16日に地元の司祭ヨハン・グロン・ルンドによって献堂されました。1944年から1950年にかけて、建築家ラース・ジェルスヴィクによって教会が拡張され、聖歌隊席と聖具室に小さな増築が行われ、2階の客席ギャラリーも再建されました。この改修工事中に電灯も設置されました。この改修後、身廊は約16.8メートル×9.5メートル(55フィート× 31フィート)、聖歌隊席は約5メートル×6.5メートル(16フィート× 21フィート)になりました。教会に電気暖房が設置されたのは1969年のことでした。 1988年に教会のポーチが拡張され、小さなキッチンとバスルームが設けられた。[ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]