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Loen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Loen church is an octagonal wooden church situated on a hill overlooking the village of Loen. The church has a seating capacity of 190, and was consec...

The churchyard at Svanøy

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gravplass / Cementery
Published: 24.06.2005
Author: Hermund Kleppa

Olden church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 22.11.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Olden church is a wooden longchurch located at the farm of Brynestad in the municipality of Stryn. The church, with a seating capacity of 500, was con...

Norum church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Norum church is a so-called longchurch (basilica type) made of wood and located on the area belonging to the farm Ylmeim in the municipality of Sognda...

The church site Bø on the island of Selja

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Gardsbruk / Farm
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Borgny Dam-Nielsen
Bø is the name of a farm on the eastern side of the island of Selja. Bø is one of the oldest farm names in Norway, indicating a big, central farm on a...

The Kinna church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Harald J. Stavang
The Kinna church is built in stone, probably some time in the 12th century. It is the oldest and the only one of its kind in the region of Sunnfjord, ...

Gulen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Gulen church is a so-called longchurch made of wood, situated in the village of Eivindvik. With a seating capacity of 700, the church was consecrated ...

Leikanger church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Torkjell Djupedal Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Leikanger church is a wooden longchurch located in the village of Leikanger on the eastern side of Stadtlandet in the municipality of Selje. The churc...

Storegraven

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The first mention of Granvin church in written sources is in 1306, but the church location must be far older than this. The farm Storegraven is centra...

Midtgulen church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Kyrkje / Church
Published: 18.12.2002
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Sigurd Vengen Anders Gjerde
Midtgulen church is a wooden longchurch located at Kjelkenes, on the mainland part of the municipality of Bremanger. The church, with a seating capa...

Fjelberg

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke
The beautiful vicarage on the Fjelberg Island lies a few minutes walk up from the fjord, in a compact enclosure with the church south of the main buil...

Grindheim church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The first church at Grindheim was a stave church with a free-standing steeple. The church was first mentioned in 1326, but was probably built long bef...

Støle church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
The stone church at Støle may have been built around 1160 probably as a private chapel for the mighty Stødle clan. It is likely that it was Erling Ska...

Halsnøy Monastery

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Lidén
Halsnøy Monastery is situated in the midst of the lush fjord country in Sunnhordland, on one of the old spits, or “necks”, that has given name to the ...

Kvinnherad Church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Hans Emil Liden
The stately Kvinnherad Church with its characteristic profile set out against the mighty Malmangernuten in the background, gives you a rare feeling of...

Fana church

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Frederik Konow Lund
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
In the Middle Ages the stone church in Fana was a place for pilgrimage, containing a miraculous silver crucifix that could heal the sick. A hill to th...

The Wooden Calendar - Tradition and popular belief

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Brynjulf Alver
The old Norwegian farmers’ calendar, the wooden calendar staff, follows the Norse system of reckoning time, and divides the year into a summer half, a...

The Chapel and the Layman’s Movement

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Karl Egil Johansen
Den kristelege lekmannsrørsla, den frilynde norskdomsrørsla og den politiske sosialradikalismen er ideologiske motpolar, men kulturelt og politisk er ...

Mariakirken

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Per Jahn Lavik
Apart from the king’s estate at Holmen, Håkonshallen and the lower floors of the Rosenkrantz tower, the three parish churches in the centre of Bergen ...

Møvik

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Published: 06.02.2024
Author: Nils Georg Brekke Tore Lande Moe
In the winter of 1849 the impoverished Fjell municipality was forced to put money into new burial places at Møvik and Bildøydalen, because of the ragi...