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Some 70 churches in Norway have a predominant octagonal shape, among these Hospitalskirken in Trondheim is the oldest. [56] This type of design spread from the Diocese of Nidaros to other parts of Norway. Virtually all octagonal churches in Norway are constructed as log buildings mostly covered by clapboards. [5]
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.
Gol Stave Church (Norwegian: Gol stavkirke) is a 12th century stave church originally from Gol in the traditional region of Hallingdal in Buskerud county, Norway. The reconstructed church is now a museum and is now located in the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History at Bygdøy in Oslo , Norway.
The woodwork, originating from the previous church, depicts interlaced, fighting animals, and thus links the pre-Christian Nordic culture and the Christianity of the medieval ages. [8] Bryggen: Vestland: 1979 59; iii (cultural) Bryggen is the historic harbour district of Bergen, an important city on the West coast of Norway.
Cathedrals of the Church of Norway: Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim; Oslo Cathedral in Oslo; Bergen Cathedral in Bergen; Bodø Cathedral in Bodø [1] Fredrikstad Cathedral in Fredrikstad; Hamar Cathedral in Hamar; Kristiansand Cathedral in Kristiansand; Molde Cathedral in Molde; Stavanger Cathedral in Stavanger; Tønsberg Cathedral in Tønsberg ...
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 ...
The main church organ with 35 voices is from 1891 and is the only remaining of Hollenbach organs in Norway. [4] Another church organ was placed at the choir in 2015. [3] The church has three church bells, cast by the German firm of C. Albert Bierling, Dresden in 1891. [3] Sagene Church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural ...