Bjarkøy Church
| Bjarkøy Church | |
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| Bjarkøy kirke | |
Trondenes prosti | |
| Parish | Vågsfjord |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Listed |
| ID | 83893 |
Bjarkøy Church (
History
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The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1309, but the church was likely built in the 1200s. The location of the church is unknown, but the leading theory is that it was in Øvergård, a short distance southwest of the present church building. Tradition states that the church stood until some time in the 1800s.[3][4]
In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[5] 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 the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.[5][6]
In the 1880s, it was decided to close the nearby
See also
References
- ^ "Bjarkøy kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Bjarkøy kirkestedstradisjon - Øvergård" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Bjarkøy kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Bjarkøy kirke". VisitNorway.com. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Bjarkøy kirkested-Bjarkøy kirke 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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