Eidsborg Stave Church

Eidsborg Stave Church (Norwegian: Eidsborg stavkyrkje) is a stave church in Tokke, Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway.[1]

Eidsborg Stave Church
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
CountyVestfold og Telemark
MunicipalityTokke
Year builtc. 1250
ID84071

Eidsborg Stave Church is one of the best preserved Norwegian stave churches. Eidsborg Stave Church is located next to the Vest-Telemark Museum in Eidsborg. [2][3] The church is dedicated to the traveller's patron, St. Nicholas of Bari and there is a statue of the patron saint inside the church.

13th century statue of St. Nicholas of Bari

The church is estimated to date to between 1250–1300. It was partly reconstructed in the 19th century. The chorus was demolished in 1826. The new choir dates to the period 1845–50. The reconstruction work did not affect the structure or the shape of the church. It was restored in 1927 when painted figures and ornaments dating from the Renaissance and old murals from the 17th century were revealed. [4][5]

  • Gable on Eidsborg stave church
  • Western portal of Eidsborg stave church
  • Detail of Eidsborg stave church

References
  1. Eidsborg stavkirker (Stavkirke.org)
  2. "West Telemark Museum Eidsborg (Vest-Telemark Museum)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  3. Eidsborg Stave Church ( Innovation Norway)
  4. Guiding in the Eidsborg Stave Church from the 13th century (Vest-Telemark Museum) Archived 2013-02-23 at Archive.today
  5. Eidsborg stavkirke (Riksantikvaren) Archived 2005-04-28 at the Wayback Machine

Other sources
  • Anker, Leif (2005) Middelalder i tre, Stavkirker in "Kirker i Norge" ISBN 82-91399-16-6
  • Morten, Øystein (2008) Stavkyrkja i Eidsborg, Ein Biografi, Oslo ISBN 978-82-304-0037-1
  • Hauglid, Roar (1977) Norwegian Stave Churches (Oslo: Dreyers Forlag) ISBN 978-82-09-10602-0
  • Valebrokk, Eva; T. Thiis-Evensen; K. Evensen. Ann Clay Zwick (Translator) (1995) Norway's Stave Churches: Architecture, History and Legends (Oslo: J W Cappelens Forlag AS) ISBN 978-82-7683-011-8

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