Rødven Stave Church

Rødven Stave Church
Rødven Stave Church
	Rødven stavkyrkje
	View of the church (22 July 2006)
	Rødven Stave Church Location of the church Rødven Stave Church Rødven Stave Church (Norway)
	62°37′26″N 07°29′38″E
Location	Rauma Municipality,; Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Previous denomination	Catholic Church
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	c. 1300
Architecture
Functional status	Museum
Architect(s)	Unknown
Architectural type	Møre-type stave church
Completed	c. 1300
Specifications
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Eid og Holm
Deanery	Indre Romsdal prosti
Diocese	Møre

Rødven Stave Church (Norwegian: Rødven stavkyrkje) is a former parish church (now a museum) of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The stave church is located in the village of Rødven. It was a church in the Eid og Holm parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church style during the 12th century by an unknown architect. The church seats about 100 people.[1][2][3]

History

Rødven Stave Church is no longer actively used and it has been owned by the Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Ancient Monuments since 1907, when a new Rødven Church was built next to this church building. Although it is a museum, it does have one worship service each year on Olsok, the eve of St. Olav's Day.[4]

According to a notice board outside the church, the nave and south porch date from the 14th century, the crucifix dates from the 13th century and the pulpit from 1712. Inside are an ornately carved crucifix and pulpit. The church is a Møre-type stave church due to its structure and the exterior support posts that brace the walls. During an archeological survey in 1962–1963, marks were found from posts for an older building on the same location.[5][6][7]

Media gallery

Exterior of the church
Exterior support posts
Exterior with view of Rødven Church in the background

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References

Footnotes

"Rødven stavkirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
"Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
"Rødven stavkirke". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
Havran, Jiri. Norwegian Stave Churches. Oslo: ARFO. pp. 152–157. ISBN 9788291399355.
"Rødven stavkyrkje" (in Norwegian). Stavkirke.info. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
"Rødven stavkirke". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
"Rødven kirkested – Rødven stavkirke" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-07-05.

External links

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[1] "Rødven stavkirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-07-05.

[2] "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-07-05.

[3] "Rødven stavkirke". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved 2017-10-01.

[4] Havran, Jiri. Norwegian Stave Churches. Oslo: ARFO. pp. 152–157. ISBN 9788291399355.

[5] "Rødven stavkyrkje" (in Norwegian). Stavkirke.info. Retrieved 2010-12-15.

[6] "Rødven stavkirke". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 2017-10-01.

[7] "Rødven kirkested – Rødven stavkirke" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-07-05.