Sandar Church
Sandar Church | |
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Sandar kirke | |
Sandefjord prosti | |
Parish | Sandar |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 85374 |
Sandar Church (
The present church was erected at the ruins of a
History
Medieval church
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1345, but the church was not built that year. The first church on this site was a stone church that was likely built in the early 1100s. The old church was known as the Sancte Marie Et Sancti Olaui church because it was dedicated to
During excavations in 1901-1902, researchers revealed the original stone church had
After the
Current church
Count Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig decided that the church needed to be replaced with a larger, more modern church building. Construction plans ran into some problems, however, when the local farmers refused to carry out the compulsory work the Count imposed on them. However, they procured the timber, which was delivered in February 1790. In March of 1790, the old church was torn down. Work on the new wooden, cruciform building began soon after on the same site. The new church was framed and put under roof by the summer of 1791. Construction began under the leadership of a builder named Mr. Horn, who did most of the framing and structural work. He was dismissed after some time and replaced by Hans Christian Lind who finished the project. Lind is often credited especially for the interior work. During the construction process in 1791, Count Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig also died, and the title passed to his son Frederik. The church was completed in 1792 and it was
In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[10][11] 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.[10][12]
In 1816, an inspection was carried out and it concluded that the church was in a poor condition and some repairs were carried out. The Count continued to have unpaid bills and an insolvent estate, so then in 1835 Frederik Wilhelm Treschow took over ownership of the church and he eventually transferred ownership of the church to the parish.
Outside the church, there is a sculpture depicting priest and poet Magnus Brostrup Landstad.[9] The Landstad sculpture is Norway's first statue made of hard rock. It was unveiled on 17 May 1928 and was made by sculptor Hans Holmen.[13]
The church underwent a restoration for 13.4 million kr from November 2020 to July 2021. The restoration was funded by the municipality; the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage; and donations from private companies, individuals, and nonprofits.[14]
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See also
References
- ^ "Sandar kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Sandar Church".
- ISBN 9780861904242.
- ^ "Sandar Church".
- ^ a b Tollnes, Roar L. (1998). Sancte Marie et Sancti Olaui kirke i Sandar (in Norwegian). Sandar historielag. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Sandar kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Sandar kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ ISBN 8290636024.
- ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ Tveitan, Flemming Hofmann (8 June 2011). "Landstad". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ Bjerkaas, Vibeke (2021). "Har søkt om to måneder mer til oppussingen". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 July 2021.