Undredal Stave Church

Undredal Stave Church
Undredal stavkyrkje

View of the church
Undredal Stave Church

Location in Sogn og Fjordane county

60°57′03″N 7°06′09″E / 60.9509°N 7.1025°ECoordinates: 60°57′03″N 7°06′09″E / 60.9509°N 7.1025°E
Location Aurland Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Unknown
Style Stave church
Completed c. 1147
Specifications
Capacity 40
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Undredal
Deanery Indre Sogn prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Undredal Stave Church (Norwegian: Undredal stavkyrkje) is a stave church in Aurland Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Undredal, on the shore of the Aurlandsfjorden. The church is part of the Undredal parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]

The church is only 12 by 4 metres (39 by 13 ft) and has only 40 seats, making it the smallest stave church still in use in all of Scandinavia. The parish only includes one small, rather isolated valley, with only 116 parishioners, making it the second smallest parish in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[3]

History

Undredal Stave Church was built in the middle of the 12th century, probably the year 1147. The church has been moved from different locations and reconstructed a few times. Around 1850, the building was extended to the west with the addition of a clock tower and porch. In 1913, there were plans to dismantle the church and move it to a museum in the village of Kaupanger (in Sogndal), but this never happened. Instead it was reconstructed in 1984 and underwent extensive maintenance work. Inside the church, the ceiling is decorated with biblical figures and angels. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Undredal kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  3. ↑ "Undredal kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  4. ↑ "Undredal". Stavkirke.info.

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