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Skjåk Church

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within the parish. Not much is known about this church. In 1429, the old church in Skjåk was either in poor condition or recently burned, because the Bishop Sigurd ordered that the old church be torn down and the
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with a small tower. This church was in use until around 1740 when it was torn down due to its poor condition. The construction of a new Skjåk church began in 1748 under the leadership of the then 21-year-old
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at Andvord to be taken down and moved to Skjåk to be rebuilt on the site of the old church. This new church building was also a wooden stave church and it had a small bell tower on the roof of the
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The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1283, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Skjåk was a wooden
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that was likely built during the 12th century. By the late 1200s, the church at Skjåk already had at least one or two
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Ola Rasmussen Hole. The church seats about 270 people.
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church was completed by the summer of 1752 and it was
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In 1631, the old church was torn down and a brand new
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61°52′42″N 8°22′25″E / 61.87843791563°N 8.37359100580°E / 61.87843791563; 8.37359100580
Skjåk Municipality
Innlandet
Norway
Denomination
Church of Norway
Catholic Church
Churchmanship
Evangelical Lutheran
Parish church
Consecrated
Architect(s)
Ola Rasmussen Hole
Cruciform
Materials
Diocese
Hamar bispedømme
Deanery
Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti
Parish
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
85469
Norwegian
parish church
Church of Norway
Skjåk Municipality
Innlandet
Norway
Skjåk

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