Haltdalen stave church
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Stave church
A stave church is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam construction related to timber framing. The wall frames are filled with vertical planks. The load-bearing posts have lent their name to the building technique...
originally from Haltdalen
Haltdalen
Haltdalen is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed the northwestern part of the present-day municipality of Holtålen....
in the municipality of Holtålen
Holtålen
Holtålen is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ålen. Other villages include Hessdalen, Aunegrenda, Haltdalen, and Renbygda.-General information:...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is now on display at the Sverresborg museum
Sverresborg
Sverresborg or Sverre Sigurdsson's castle was a fortification built in the medieval city of Nidaros by Sverre Sigurdsson....
in Trondheim
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
. The church was probably built in the 1170s.
The church on display is a rebuilt version of two churches from Ålen
Ålen
Ålen is a village and a former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is the administrative centre of the municipality of Holtålen. The former municipality encompassed the southeastern half of the present-day municipality of Holtålen....
and Haltdalen
Haltdalen
Haltdalen is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The former municipality encompassed the northwestern part of the present-day municipality of Holtålen....
. The western wall and the portal is from the old Ålen church. This is a single-nave
Nave
In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...
stave church of the east Scandinavian-style, and it is the only one that is preserved.