Heimaey stave church

Heimaey stave church

Heimaey stave church is situated at Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.

The church was completed on 30 July 2000 and was a present from Norway to Iceland as a gift for the millennium anniversary of the first church built in Iceland by Olav Tryggvason in 1000.

The first church known on Iceland was a post church and not a stave church, and it was built "in the north in the harbour" by Hjalte and Gissur, two of Olav Tryggvason’s men. That church is long gone together with a number of other churches, some which are known to have been even larger than those found in Norway today.

Holtålen stave church from 1170 was used as the model for the church, this is now at Sverresborg museum in Trondheim.

The church was built in Lom in Norway, then shipped as cargo to Iceland and rebuilt.

The church has a reconstructed medieval painting. The original for this is presently at Nidarosdomen but is said to have been situated in just the church is one is modelled after.

External links

* [http://www.niku.no/olavsfro/english/7_vite.htm A Stave Church for Iceland] short note with image at [http://www.niku.no/ NIKU - The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research]
* [http://odin.dep.no/odinarkiv/norsk/dep/nedlagt/kuf/2000/pressem/014081-070047/dok-bn.html Official press release] about the delivery of the church, with a link to the speech by Trond Giske


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Stave church — A stave church is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam construction related to timber framing. The wall frames are filled with vertical planks. The load bearing posts ( stafr in Old Norse) have lent their name to the building technique.… …   Wikipedia

  • List of later stave churches and replicas — List of later stave churches and replicasSweden * Hållandsgårdens stave church in Åre, Jämtland, built 1999 * Häggviks stave church in Nordingrå, Norrland, built 2000 * Kårböle stave church in Ljusdal, Gävleborg, built 1989 * Skaga stave church… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Iceland-related articles — For a topical list, see List of basic Iceland topics Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Iceland include: NOTOC 1 9 1. deild karla 101 Reykjavík 12 Tónar 1924 28 Nordic Football Championship 1929 32 Nordic Football Championship 1933 36… …   Wikipedia

  • Liste der Stabkirchen — Karte der heute noch existierenden Kirchen in Norwegen Die Liste der Stabkirchen listet sowohl die historischen Stabkirchen auf, die heute noch existieren, als auch die Nachbauten von Stabkirchen, die in jüngerer Zeit entstanden sind. Von den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste norwegischer Stabkirchen — Karte der heute noch existierenden Kirchen in Norwegen Die Liste der Stabkirchen listet sowohl die historischen Stabkirchen auf, die heute noch existieren, als auch die Nachbauten von Stabkirchen, die in jüngerer Zeit entstanden sind. Von den… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Iglesia de madera de Haltdalen — La iglesia de madera de Haltdalen, en Trondheim. La iglesia de madera de Haltdalen es un stavkirke originalmente erigida en Haltdalen (actual municipio de Holtålen), en Noruega, hacia la década de 1170. Actualmente se localiza en el Museo Popular …   Wikipedia Español

  • Stavkirke — Iglesia de madera de Borgund, en Lærdal (Sogn og Fjordane, Noruega) …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”