Skrautvål
Skrautvål is a village in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about north of the town of Fagernes and just northeast of the lake Sæbufjorden. Skrautvål Church is located in the village. The local sports team is Skrautvål IL, of which Inger Helene Nybråten Inger Helene Nybråten (born 8 December 1960 in Fagernes, Oppland) is a Norwegian former cross-country skier who competed in the 1980s and 1990s. She won three relay medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold (1984) and two silvers (1992, 1994). ... is the most prominent member. Also, Olav Meisdalshagen grew up just north of Skrautvål. References Nord-Aurdal Villages in Innlandet {{Innlandet-geo-stub ...
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Skrautvål Church
Skrautvål Church ( no, Skrautvål kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skrautvål. It is the church for the Skrautvål parish which is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a Churches in Norway#Floor plan, cruciform design in 1785 using plans drawn up by the architect Svend Tråseth. The church seats about 230 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1311, but the church was not built that year. The first church in Skrautvål was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the late 13th century (probably around the year 1280). This church stood about to the southwest of the present church site. Plans for a new church were made during the 1780s. Svend Tråseth was hired to design and build a new church on a new site, about to the northeast, just up the hill f ...
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