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Stiklestad Church

Coordinates: 63°47′49″N 11°33′36″E / 63.7969°N 11.5600°E / 63.7969; 11.5600
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Stiklestad Church
Stiklestad kirke
View of the church
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63°47′49″N 11°33′36″E / 63.7969°N 11.5600°E / 63.7969; 11.5600
LocationVerdal, Nord-Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Archbishop Øystein Erlendsson
Completed1180
Specifications
Capacity520
MaterialsStone
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Nidaros
DeanerySør-Innherad
ParishStiklestad

Stiklestad Church (Norwegian: Stiklestad kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Verdal in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stiklestad. The church is part of the Stiklestad parish in the Sør-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The stone church building was completed in 1180. It was designed by Archbishop Øystein Erlendsson and it seats about 520 people.

History

The church was built at the site of the Battle of Stiklestad. During the battle, St. Olaf received three severe wounds—in the knee, in the neck, and the final mortal blow through the heart—and died leaning against a large stone. The church building is assumed to have been erected on the exact spot where St. Olaf was killed during that battle and that stone is supposedly still inside the altar of the church.[1][2]

The Stiklestad Church is the namesake of the Stiklestad United Lutheran Church in Minnesota, United States, established by Norwegian emigrants in 1897.[3]

View of the Stiklestad church grounds
View of the area (scroll to the right for more of the picture)

See also

References

  1. ^ Verdal historielag. "Stiklestad kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Stiklestad" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-07-04.
  3. ^ Harvey, Tom (September 1979). "Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Stiklestad Church" (Document). National Park Service. {{cite document}}: Unknown parameter |accessdate= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |url= ignored (help)


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