Vågøy Church
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1412, but the church was not new that year. The original church at Vågøy was a wooden stave church that was likely built in the 13th century. A stave church on the site was torn down in the 1660s (this may have been the original church or a second building that replaced the original building). A new, timber-framed cruciform building was completed in 1669.
In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.
In 1900, the 230-year-old church burned down after being struck by lightning. After the fire, Ole Havnæs was hired to design a replacement church. The new church was built in 1904 and consecrated that fall.
See also
References
- ^ "Vågøy kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Myrbostad Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fræna kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ "Vågøy kyrkjestad - Ytre Fræna" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Vågøy kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 24 July 2021.