Fantoft Stave Church
Fantoft Stave Church (Norwegian: Fantoft stavkirke; Nynorsk: Fantoft stavkyrkje) is a reconstructed stave church in the Fana borough of the city of Bergen, Norway.[1]
History
The church was originally built around the year 1150 at Fortun in Sogn, a village near the inner or eastern end of Sognefjord. In 1879, the new
Fredrik Georg Gade and saved by moving it in pieces to Fana near Bergen in 1883. Outside the church stands a stone cross from Tjora in Sola.[2][3]
On 6 June 1992, the church was destroyed by
Skjold Church in Vindafjord, and the burning of Holmenkollen Chapel in Oslo. He was also charged with the burning of Fantoft Stave Church, although the jurors voted not guilty. The judges called this an error but did not overturn the decision. Reconstruction of the church began soon after the fire, taking six years to complete. Since 1997, the church has been surrounded by a security fence.[4][5]
A photograph of the church's burnt shell appeared on the cover of the 1993 Burzum EP Aske (Norwegian for "ashes").[6]
Gallery
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Details of church's roof -
Fantoft Stave Church -
Fantoft Stave Church chandelier -
Fantoft Stave Church chancel -
Fantoft Stave Church rafters and posts -
Fantoft Stave Church baptistery -
Fantoft Stave Church ceiling -
Fantoft Stave Church decorative art -
Stone cross outside Fantoft Stave Church -
Fantoft Stave Church at night
See also
- Until the Light Takes Us, documentary film that includes a clip on the arson
References
- ^ Nina Aldin Thune. "Fantoft stavkirke". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ Anne Marta Hoff. "Fortun kyrkje". Norges Kirker. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ "Fantoft Stave Church History". Fantoft Stavkirke. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ "Fantoft stavkirke". Kunsthistorie. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ "Metal-fans valfarter til stavkirke". NRK Hordaland. Archived from the original on 2004-08-11. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 2007-10-06.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fantoft stavkirke.
- Fantoft Stavkirke (in Norwegian)
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