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20-686: The stave church is assumed to have been built around the year 1130 and still stands at its original location. The church is one of the oldest stave churches still standing in Norway. The church is currently owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments . There is a replica of the Hopperstad Stave Church at the Heritage Hjemkomst Center in the city of Moorhead in

40-408: A story written by the priest Niels Dahl, who is assumed to have visited the church in 1824, describes the interior: The church has galleries at three levels around all of the walls, that the church [ had a rundt alle veggene og at den var lavloftet og tømret ] with staircases up to the galleries. And the font is placed under the medieval baldaquin . And the walls are painted by numerous quotes from

60-556: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vik%C3%B8yri Vikøyri is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik in Vestland county, Norway . The village is located at the mouth of the Vikja river on the south shore of the Sognefjorden , roughly near the midpoint of Norway's longest fjord. The village lies along Norwegian National Road 13 which leads north to

80-477: Is an organization focused on conservation preservation in Norway. The Society was founded in 1844. The founders were painters, historians, art historians and archeologists, including J. C. Dahl and Joachim Frich . Nicolay Nicolaysen became chairman in 1851 and from 1860 was the association antiquarian. The purpose of the association is to protect and preserve buildings, churches and other forms of cultural heritage. It owns forty structures directly, including

100-432: The stave churches at Borgund , Urnes , Hopperstad and Uvdal . The Society has 18 county branches and 37 local branches in the counties. The branch structure resembles the county structure of Norway , except that Oslo and Akershus are together, Møre and Romsdal is split into Sunnmøre , Nordmøre and Romsdal , and the town of Røros is a division of its own. This article about an organisation based in Norway

120-590: The Holy Scripture in vivid colours. In 1814, this church served as an election church ( Norwegian : valgkirke ). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway . This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect

140-463: The building in 1880. All of the "new" additions were torn down, leaving just the medieval building still standing. Using the Borgund Stave Church as a model, architect Peter Andreas Blix reconstructed the church between 1884 and 1891. During the reconstruction, carved sections were found beneath the floor which indicated that the new church replaced an older church, which was probably built in

160-459: The church for special occasions. The church is a triple-nave stave church of what is known as the Borgund-type. It has three portals , and the western portal is an excellent example of Middle Age wood carving. The motifs are of a romance character, often associated with European influence. The nave is a raised central room with an aisle around it, and the choir is apsidal and narrower than

180-586: The church was sold into private ownership at the Norwegian church auction so the King could pay off debts from the Great Northern War . The largest addition to the church came to the north with a log construction. This new part was named the "new church" ( nykirken ). The construction was finished during the 1700s (this area was torn down in around 1875). There are no known images of the interior from this time, but

200-418: The church. A total of seven samples produced an estimate for the construction ranging from 1034 to 1116 and resulted in no definite conclusion in the age of the church, however, this supports the idea that the materials from the old church were used in the construction of the present church. The medieval timbers of the church bear a significant number of graffiti, carved in runes . No records exist as to what

220-502: The construction of a new church in Vikøyri for the newly created parish. In 1877, the new Vik Church was constructed and the two older churches were taken out of regular use and preserved as historical sites. In 1877, after about 700 years in use, the old church was abandoned. The church had been in very poor condition for many years and three years after its closure, the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments purchased

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240-418: The ferry to Balestrand and south to the village of Vossevangen . The 1.37-square-kilometre (340-acre) village has a population (2019) of 1,245 and a population density of 909 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,350/sq mi). Vikøyri sits about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) south of the village of Balestrand (across the fjord), about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of the village of Arnafjord . To

260-473: The latter half of the 11th century. During the reconstruction, the nave and choir were left alone and the apse , corridors, and roof were all rebuilt. All of the newly rebuilt areas were based on similar existing stave churches such as the Borgund Stave Church and the Urnes Stave Church . Since its completion in 1891, the church has been used primarily as a museum, although the parish will still use

280-405: The medieval church actually looked like. There are a variety of sketches showing a nave and chancel . The church did not undergo any major changes until the 1600s. At that time the nave was lengthened to the west, and a bell-tower was added above the new extension. To the east, a new section was added and built out of logs. A new vestibule to the south with its own entrance was also added. In 1723,

300-435: The mid-11th century, possibly around the year 1060. This church was torn down and replaced with the present church during the early- to mid-12th century, possibly between the years 1130 and 1150. In 1982, archaeological evidence was found showing post holes for the large staves that support the idea of a previous church on the site. Again in 1997, a series of samples from the logs were collected for dendrochronological dating of

320-539: The nave. The church contains an altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary , and 14th-century ciborium with a baldachin on the north side. The ciborium has four sculptured heads, that of Christ with a halo , a queen, a king, and a monk. The roof of the baldachin bears a painting of the birth of Christ. Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments ( Norwegian : Fortidsminneforeningen )

340-522: The north and west of Vikøyri lie the villages of Vangsnes , Feios , and Fresvik . Vikøyri is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the Fresvikbreen glacier and about 26 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of the big lake Holskardvatnet . Vikøyri is the site of one of the Tine cheese factories. It is the only factory in the world that produces gammelost , a unique Norwegian cheese. The village also has

360-520: The representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year. In the 1870s, the two neighboring Hove Church and Hopperstad Stave Church parishes were both in need of new churches. The issue was first raised by the local parish priest Jørgen Christian Andreas Grøner who complained about the size of the two churches. Both churches were old and small and due to their age, they were in dire need of improvements. The local villagers believed he

380-455: The state of Minnesota in the United States . It was consecrated in 1998. The replica church is part of a larger complex that includes a museum and Scandinavian heritage center. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1322, but the church was not new that year. The first church at Hopperstad was likely a small, wooden stave church that was built during

400-427: Was exaggerating and the private owners of the church did not want to spend money on the churches. Soon after, the local priest decided to no longer hold services at the Hopperstad Stave Church since it was so cold and drafty. Within a short period of time, it was decided to merge the two neighboring parishes into one larger parish. On 11 December 1875, a royal decree was issued that ordered the closure of both churches and

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