St Mary's Church, Oslo
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St Mary's Church was a medieval church in Oslo
, Norway
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St Mary's Church, which functioned as royal chapel, had been built in stages with final additions made in the 1300s. The church was put on fire by Swedish forces in connection with an attack in 1523. After the Reformation, it was so dilapidated that it could not be repaired and was demolished in 1542.
Excavations were first conducted in 1867 under Nicolay Nicolaysen
and later in the 1960s under the leadership of Håkon Christie
. Remains of two people, deemed to be King Haakon V and his Queen consort Euphemia of Rügen, were discovered during excavations of the ruins of the church and reinterred in the Royal Mausoleum in Akershus Castle. The church ruins are located in Middelalderparken near the neighborhood of Sørenga
in the borough of Gamlebyen.
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, 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...
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St Mary's Church, which functioned as royal chapel, had been built in stages with final additions made in the 1300s. The church was put on fire by Swedish forces in connection with an attack in 1523. After the Reformation, it was so dilapidated that it could not be repaired and was demolished in 1542.
Excavations were first conducted in 1867 under Nicolay Nicolaysen
Nicolay Nicolaysen
Nicolay Nicolaysen was a Norwegian Archaeologist and Norway's first state employed Antiquarian. -Biography:...
and later in the 1960s under the leadership of Håkon Christie
Håkon Christie
Håkon Andreas Christie was a Norwegian architect. Christie was a scholar of the history of church architecture, particularly stave churches. He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.-References:...
. Remains of two people, deemed to be King Haakon V and his Queen consort Euphemia of Rügen, were discovered during excavations of the ruins of the church and reinterred in the Royal Mausoleum in Akershus Castle. The church ruins are located in Middelalderparken near the neighborhood of Sørenga
Sørenga
Sørenga is a neighborhood in Gamlebyen in Oslo, Norway. It is located east of Bjørvika, west of Vannspeilet, south of the street Bispegata and Oslo torg, and west and north of the Alna River. South of the area the Sørengautstikkeren runs out into the Oslo Fjord....
in the borough of Gamlebyen.