Fåberg Church
Fåberg Church | |
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Fåberg kirke | |
Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti | |
Parish | Fåberg |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84224 |
Fåberg Church (
Next to the church stands the Fåberg stone, a runestone believed to have been one of three monoliths standing near the church.[3]
The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 255.
History
The first church in Fåberg was a wooden stave church that was likely built in the second half of the 12th century. The church still contains a gravestone for the church's priest Paul Haakonsen who died in 1202, meaning the church was built before that time. In the 1630s, the church was renovated and partially rebuilt by the architect Werner Olsen. The nave was enlarged by adding transept wings to the north and south, creating a cruciform floor plan. It also received a new tower. At the church auction in 1723, the congregation itself bought the church from the King who was selling all churches to pay debts from the Great Northern War. At that time, discussions were already underway about replacing the old church as well as the location of a new church. After many discussions over the next year or so, it was decided to keep the same location, but build a new church.[4][5]
In 1726, the old church was torn down and a new
In 1748, the church received exterior paneling, it was painted reddish brown with white window frames, and the roof was tarred. In 1810, a painting by the Fåberg artist Ole Larsen Smerud was gifted to the church. It is a painting of Jesus on the cross and it was hung above the altar in the church. Smerud studied painting in Copenhagen, where he worked as a court painter and heraldic artist.[7][8][4][6]
In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[9][10] 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.[9][11]
Most dramatic for the church's appearance was a modernization effort in 1884. Then the interior walls were paneled and painted white, and the interior was "simplified". Much of the interior artwork was stored away, a good deal of it was sold or disposed of. The outside of the church was also painted white.[6][8]
During other restorations from 1927 to the end of the 1950s, the interior and furniture were largely restored to its appearance before the 1884 modernization. The interior paneling was removed, some of the damaged furniture was found and was put back in place. A baptismal sacristy was built in 1901. In 1972, the church exterior was painted red. In 2007, the local newspaper reported about rot problems in the church, and shortly afterwards reported that money had been allocated for repairs.[6]
Fåberg parish
Historically, the Fåberg parish name has varied in its spelling: Fogaberg, Faberg, Foberg, Fauberg, and Faaberg and these spellings date back as early as 1300.[12] The parish of Fåberg was established as the municipality of Fåberg on 1 January 1838 (see Formannskapsdistrikt law). The municipality was merged into Lillehammer Municipality on 1 January 1964. The database for Norske Gaardnavne lists Gårdsnummer 99-188 for Fåberg parish in Fåberg municipality. The Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 lists Gårdsnummer 1-191 as part of Fåberg because Fåberg municipality included all of Lillehammer municipality at that time. The records after 1964 list Gårdsnummer 1-191 as part of Lillehammer Municipality instead of Fåberg because of the 1964 change.
The online parish records for Fåberg start in 1727 for Fåberg Prestegjeld and in 1901 for Lillehammer Prestegjeld at Digitalarkivet. The attached KML file shows the church location and the farm locations in Gnr/Bnr format.
Media gallery
See also
References
- ^ "Fåberg kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ Birkeli, Fridtjov (1973). Norske steinkors i tidlig middelalder: et bidrag til belysning av overgangen fra norrøn religion til kristendom. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. p. 218.
- ^ a b c "Fåberg stavkirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Fåberg kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Fåberg kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ Stagg, Frank Noel (1956). East Norway and Its Frontier: A History of Oslo and Its Uplands. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 236.
- ^ a b "Fåberg kirke". Norske kirker. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ Rygh, Oluf (1900). Norske gaardnavne: Kristians amt (in Norwegian) (4 ed.). Kristiania, Norge: W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri.
Further reading
- Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. p. 602. ISBN 8275270227.
External links
- Fåberg Church at Kirkesøk
- Fåberg Church at the Directorate for Cultural Heritage website
- Fåberg Church at Norske kirker