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Eistein Kjørn
Eistein Guttormsen Kjørn, a.k.a. Østen Kjørn or Estin Kjørn, (1727–1805) was a Norwegians, Norwegian woodcarver. Kjørn was born at the Old Sandbu farm in Vågå. He was one of the leading woodcarvers in the Gudbrand Valley. He followed in the footsteps of Jakob Klukstad, whom Kjørn observed while working on the decoration for Heidal Church. In addition to woodcarving, Kjørn also wrote poems and psalms in the Vågå dialect, painted religious pictures, and carved soapstone gravestones. Kjørn died in Heidal. Works * Modernization of the altarpiece in Vågå Church (1758) * Kvikne Church: altarpiece and pulpit (1760) * Svatsum Church: altarpiece ( 1770), moved to Aulstad Church * Follebu Church: pulpit ( 1770), wooden carving reused for the new pulpit * Kvam Church (Nord-Fron), Kvam Church: renovated altarpiece (1776), church burned in 1940 * Hegge Stave Church: altarpiece (1780), transported over the mountains by sled * Sel Church: altarpiece and chancel screen Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegians
Norwegians () are an ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the Norsemen, Norse of the Early Middle Ages who formed a unified Kingdom of Norway (872–1397), Kingdom of Norway in the 9th century. During the Viking Age, Norwegians and other Norse peoples conquered, settled and ruled parts of the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland. Norwegians are closely related to other descendants of the Norsemen such as Danes, Swedes, Icelanders and the Faroe Islanders, as well as groups such as the Scottish people, Scots whose nation they significantly settled and left a lasting impact in, particularly the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland). The Norwegian language, with its two official standard forms, more specifically Bokmål and Nynorsk, is part of the larger North Germanic languages, Scandinavian dialect continuum of g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svatsum Church
Svatsum Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svatsum. It is the church for the Svatsum parish which is part of the Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a octagonal design in 1860 using plans drawn up by the architect Otto Hjort Friis. The church seats about 250 people. The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 255. There is a cemetery next to the church. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1344, but it was not new that year. The church is also sometimes referred to by older spellings such as , or more recently ''Svartsheim''. The first church at Svatsum was a wooden stave church that was likely built around the year 1300. This church was located at the Kirkebø farm, about north of the present church site. A wooden carving of Mary with the infant Christ and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1727 Births
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Norwegian Woodcarvers
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Sel Church
Sel Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sel Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Selsverket. It is the church for the Sel parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1742 using plans drawn up by the architect Knut Syversen Moen. The church seats about 250 people. History The first church in Sel was a wooden stave church that was likely built in the 13th century. The first church was built at the Romundgård farm in Nord-Sel, about northwest of the present site of the church. In 1628, the old church underwent a major renovation, rebuilding most of the church. This project was completed in 1630. By 1723, the church was described as being in poor condition when the King put the church up for sale at an auction to help raise money to pay down the debt from the Great Northern War. The church was purchased by the villagers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hegge Stave Church
Hegge Stave Church () is a 13th-century stave church in Norway. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Øystre Slidre Municipality in Innlandet county. It is located in the village of Hegge. It is the church for the Hegge parish which is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design around the year 1216 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 150 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1322, but the church was not new that year. The church at Hegge is a wooden stave church that was built during the early 13th century. Modern dendrochronological dating of some of the logs in the church indicates that the church was built around the year 1215-1216. It is a basilica type church with 8 free-standing interior columns called ''staves'' that form an arcade, surrounding a central area with a raised roof. A runic inscript ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvam Church (Nord-Fron)
Kvam Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvam. It is the church for the Kvam parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1952 using plans drawn up by the architect Magnus Poulsson. The church seats about 450 people. The church has a cemetery with a memorial to British soldiers that were killed in an engagement at the site in 1940. History The first church at Kvam was a wooden stave church that was likely built in the 13th century. This church was located along the river Gudbrandsdalslågen at Vik, about to the east of the present church site. Not much is known of the old stave church. Its exact location is unknown; however, it is likely that the current road and railway line runs over the church site because coffins were found during the excavation and construction of both. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follebu Church
Follebu Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Follebu. It is the church for the Follebu parish which is part of the Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1260 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 140 people. The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 2550 and Norwegian County Road 2530. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1341, but the church was not new that year. The church in Follebu is a stone church that was built from 1260 to 1300. It is a rectangular Gothic structure. Stone churches in the Oppland region were quite rare in the middle ages, but Gausdal had two stone churches built in the 13th century and both have survived to this day. The church is not huge, but the walls are very thick: in the west wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulstad Church
Aulstad Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gausdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aulstad. It is the church for the Aulstad parish which is part of the Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1864 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 150 people. The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 255. There is a cemetery next to the church. History In the 1860s, the parish received permission to build a new church in Aulstad. The old Svatsum Church had been torn down in 1860, and many of the materials were reused in the construction of the new Aulstad Church. Construction on the new church took place in 1864. The new church was a small long church with a choir and small sacristy on the east end of the nave. There was a small church porch with a tower on the west end of the nave. Some of the furnishin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvikne Church
Kvikne Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvikne. It is the church for the Kvikne parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1764 using plans drawn up by the architect Per Korpberget. The church seats about 160 people. The church cemetery has many old soapstone grave markers, several of which have been gathered under an awning. The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 255. History The first church in Kvikne was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 14th century. This church was located at Sylte, about to the southeast of the present church site. It was located on a steep hillside overlooking a river. The old stave church was torn down in the late 1580s. A new timber-framed church was built on the same site to replace it. In 1764, the old chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sel(07)Altertavle
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Vågå Church
Vågå Church () is a historic stave church. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vågåmo. It is the church for the Vågå parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a Churches in Norway#Floor plan, cruciform design in 1627 by the architect Werner Olsen. The church seats about 250 people. History The first church in Vågåmo was a wooden stave church that was built during the middle of the 12th century, possibly around the year 1150. The building had a rectangular nave and a narrower, rectangular chancel. It was originally dedicated to St. Peter. The prior rectory was formerly called Ullinsyn. The older name of the site may show that even in Norse paganism, pagan times, the location had been in use for worship. In 1625–1627, the old church was completely rebuilt as a wooden Churches in Norway#Floor plan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
