The church in Bjerkvik is a long concrete and brick church whose construction began in 1952 and was consecrated on 14 August 1955. The architects of the church were Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie. The previous church in Bjerkvik was lost in the night of 12-13 May 1940, when Bjerkvik was burnt down by the allied fleet.
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The Narvik church was designed by the architect Olaf Nordhagen and built in dark grey Djupvik stone. The windows and portals have round arches of Romanesque inspiration. The roof angle is low and the top of the tower is high and slender, on a low pyramid on the tower to the west. The sacristy and the chapel surround the three walls of the choir.
The Gratangen church is a modernist church from 1971, built by the architect Oskar Norderval. The building has a low, flat roof, but two triangular, vertical concrete slabs rise up like a sail. Between the slabs hang the church bells.
Ankenes church is an octagonal church from 1842. The architect of this wooden church is Ingebrigt Julin.
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