Sande Church (Vestfold)
Sande Church | |
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Sande kirke | |
Nord-Jarlsberg prosti | |
Parish | Sande |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 85377 |
Sande Church (
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1387, but the church was not built that year. The church is usually dated to between 1050 and 1150, or more precisely it is said to be built near the end of
In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[5][6] 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][7]
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See also
References
- ^ "Sande kirke, Vestfold". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Sande kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Sande kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 23 March 2024.