Stiklestad Church

Stiklestad Church
Stiklestad kirke
View of the church
Stiklestad Church Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°47′49″N 11°33′36″E / 63.7969°N 11.5600°E / 63.7969; 11.5600
Location	Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Archbishop Øystein Erlendsson
Completed	1180
Specifications
Capacity	520
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Stiklestad
Deanery	Sør-Innherad
Diocese	Diocese of Nidaros

Stiklestad Church (Norwegian: Stiklestad kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stiklestad. The church is part of the Stiklestad parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The stone church building was completed in 1180. It was designed by Archbishop Øystein Erlendsson and it seats about 520 people.

History

The church was built at the site of the Battle of Stiklestad. During the battle, St. Olaf received three severe wounds—in the knee, in the neck, and the final mortal blow through the heart—and died leaning against a large stone. The church building is assumed to have been erected on the exact spot where St. Olaf was killed during that battle and that stone is supposedly still inside the altar of the church.^[1]^[2]