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Nidaros Cathedral (11th century) is one of the largest and oldest in Norway.. Church building in Norway began when Christianity was established there around the year 1000. [1] [2] The first buildings may have been post churches erected in the 10th or 11th century, but the evidence is inconclusive.
In the Middle Ages there were probably over 1,000 stave churches in Norway, but most disappeared in the period 1350–1650, probably as a result of changing needs after the Black Death and the Reformation. [1] In 1650, there were about 270 stave churches left in Norway, and over the next hundred years, 136 of them disappeared.
Today, 28 historical stave churches remain standing in Norway. Stave churches were particularly common in less populated areas in high valleys and forest land, and in fishermen's villages on islands and minor villages along fjords. By about 1800, 322 stave churches were still known in Norway, most of them in sparsely populated areas.
The fylki were divided into fourths or eighths and a church of minor rank was established in each subdivision. [39] Wealthy people were allowed to build private churches, known as convenience churches. [39] The earliest churches were built by the monarchs or noblemen and the builders' successors insisted on the appointment of the local priests ...
Anarâškielâ; العربية; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Català; Čeština; Dansk; Davvisámegiella
The Catholic Church in Norway is almost as old as the kingdom itself, dating from approximately A.D. 900, [16] with the first Christian monarchs, Haakon I from 934. The country is considered to have officially converted upon the death of the king St. Olav at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030.
The church became the state church of Norway around 1020, [3] and was established as a separate church intimately integrated with the state as a result of the Lutheran reformation in Denmark–Norway which broke ties with the Holy See in 1536–1537; the King of Norway was the church's head from 1537 to 2012. Historically the church was one of ...
The Heddal Stave Church in Notodden, the largest stave church in Norway. Religion in Norway is dominated by Lutheran Christianity, with 63.7% of the population belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway in 2022. [1] [2] The Catholic Church is the next largest Christian church at 3.1%. [3] The unaffiliated make up 18.3% of the ...