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Lårdal Church - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 59°25′27″N 8°10′57″E / 59.424252°N 8.182612°E

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Lårdal Church
Lårdal kyrkje
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59°25′27″N 8°10′57″E / 59.424252°N 8.182612°E / 59.424252; 8.182612
Location	Tokke Municipality, Telemark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Previous denomination	Catholic Church
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	c. 13th century
Consecrated	1831
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Hans Linstow
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1831 (193 years ago) (1831)
Specifications
Capacity	120
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Agder og Telemark
Deanery	Øvre Telemark prosti
Parish	Høydalsmo og Lårdal

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84371

Lårdal Church (Norwegian: Lårdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tokke Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lårdal. It is one of the churches for the Høydalsmo og Lårdal parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1831 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 120 people.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1396, but the church was not built that year. The first church in Lårdal was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 1200s. The old stave church was located at Eik, about 175 metres (574 ft) to the southwest of the present church site. By the mid-1600s, the church had fallen into disrepair. In 1662 the roof was reported to be very poor condition. The reports of concern were repeated again in a report from 1668 after the necessary repairs had not been carried out. In 1684, that church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. In 1723, the church was sold into private ownership during the Norwegian church sale when the King sold the churches to pay off debts from the Great Northern War.^[4]^[5]

In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).^[6]^[7] 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.^[6]^[8]

In 1831, the fourth private owner tore down the old church and had a new church built on a new site, about 175 metres (574 ft) to the northeast of the old site. The new church was a wooden long church that was designed by Hans Linstow. In 1865 the church was gifted to the congregation so it would no longer be privately owned. In 1887, a sacristy was added to the east end of the church.^[5]^[9]

References

^ "Lårdal kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ Rasmussen, Alf Henry. Våre kirker: Norsk kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Kirkenær, Norge: Vanebo forlag. p. 481. ISBN 8275270227. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ "Eik kirkested - Lårdal gamle kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Lårdal kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
^ "Lårdal kyrkjestad / Lårdal kyrkje 3" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

v t e Church of Norway churches in the Øvre Telemark prosti in Telemark county, Norway
	Fyresdal Municipality: Moland Veum Kviteseid Municipality: Brunkeberg Fjågesund Kilen Kviteseid Old Kviteseid Vrådal
	Hjartdal Municipality: Hjartdal Sauland Tuddal Midt-Telemark Municipality: Bø Old Bø Nes Sauherad
	Nissedal Municipality: Felle Nissedal Treungen Nome Municipality: Flåbygd Helgen Holla Landsmarka Lunde Romnes
	Notodden Municipality: Gransherad Heddal Lisleherad Notodden Seljord Municipality: Flatdal Mandal Seljord Åmotsdal
	Tinn Municipality: Atrå Austbygde Dal Hovin Mæl Rjukan Tokke Municipality: Eidsborg Høydalsmo Lårdal Mo Skafså
	Vinje Municipality: Grunge Møsstrond Nesland Rauland Vinje Øyfjell

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