Drevja Church

Drevja Church (Norwegian: Drevja kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vefsn in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Drevja area of northern Vefsn. The church is part of the Drevja parish in the Indre Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red church building was constructed in 1883 by the architect Anders Grenstad Prytz. The church was consecrated on 28 September 1883.

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Drevja

Drevja is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Drevja valley, north of the Vefsnfjorden in the northern part of the present-day municipality of Vefsn. Drevja Church was the main church for the municipality.

History

The municipality of Drevja was established on 1 July 1927 when it was separated from the large municipality of Vefsn to form a municipality of its own. Initially, there were 964 residents in the new municipality.

On 1 January 1962, Drevja was merged with the municipalities of Elsfjord, Vefsn, and the town of Mosjøen to form a new, larger municipality of Vefsn. Prior to the merger, Drevja had 1,001 residents.

The municipality was named after the river Drevja (which flows from the lake Drevvatnet to the Vefsnfjorden). The name of the river is derived from the word drav (meaning 'rubbish' or 'waste'), thus the meaning is 'the river with unclean water'.

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