Kvikne Church () is a

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of the

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county,

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. It is located in the village of Kvikne. It is the church for the Kvikne

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which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (

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) in the

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. The brown, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1764 using plans drawn up by the

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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

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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

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church was built on the same site to replace it. In 1764, the old church was torn down and a new church was built on the site. The new

church was built under the leadership of Per Korpberget. It was

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in 1764. Eistein Kjørn created the

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and

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for the church. The pulpit was based on Jakob Klukstad's pulpit for Heidal Church (which burned in 1933). The altar was also inspired by the altar at Heidal Church, but Kjørn exercised somewhat greater freedom in his creation. The

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is carved from soapstone and was transferred from the older Kvikne Church. In 1789, the Storofsen flood affected the area and this triggered some landslides. The church was partially hit by a landslide that caused some damage to the

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. After the flood, the decision was made to disassemble the church and to move it about to the northwest to the Tune farm where the ground was less steep. The fairly new church was rebuilt using the same design as before. It has a tower over the central part of the

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, and there is a

in the eastern cross arm and a

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in a small extension on the east end of the choir. The main entrance is on the west end, but there is also an entrance in the south end as well. The person responsible for the move was Jens Pedersen Korpberget (1753-1822), the son of Per Korpberget who built the church in 1764. The newly moved and rebuilt church was completed in 1790.

References

External links

Kvikne Church at the Church of Norway website

Kvikne Church at Kirkesøk

Kvikne Church at the Directorate for Cultural Heritage website
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