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Garmo Stave Church (Garmo stavkyrkje) is a stave church situated at the Maihaugen museum at Lillehammer in Innlandet, Norway. Garmo Stave Church at Maihaugen is one of the most visited stave churches in Norway.

Description

Garmo Stave Church originally came from the village of Garmo in Lom in the former Oppland county. It was built circa 1150 on the site of a previous church believed to have been built in 1021 by a Viking chieftain. In 1730, it was expanded into a timber cruciform church.

After Garmo Church (Garmo kyrkje) was built as the new parish church in 1879, the stave church was demolished and the materials sold at auction. In 1882, the church was sold to Anders Sandvig, who dissembled it and brought it to Lillehammer in sections. It was re-erected at Maihaugen in 1920–1921. It is unclear how much of the original materials were used in the reconstruction. The church consists largely of 17th and 18th century inventory. Apart from the claystone baptismal font from the 1100s, all the furnishings in the Garmo Stave Church come from other churches. The pulpit made in 1738 came from Romsdalen. The altarpiece from 1695 came from Lillehammer.

Gallery

• Garmo stavkyrkje – Altar and altarpiece
• Garmo stavkyrkje –Keyholes
• Garmo stavkyrkje – Winter scene
• Garmo stavkyrkje –Pulpit

See also

• The Parson's Widow

References

1. "Garmo stavkirke". maihaugen.no. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
2. "Garmo stavkirke" Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian)
3. "Garmo kyrkje". Den norske kirke. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
4. Arnfinn Engen. "Anders Sandvig". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
5. Anne-Sofie Hjemdahl "Maihaugen" Archived 17 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian)

Further reading

• Leif Anker (2005) The Norwegian Stave Churches (Oslo: Arfo Forlag) ISBN 978-8291399294
• Roar Hauglid (1970) Norwegian Stave Churches (Oslo: Dreyers Forlag) ISBN 9788209106020

External links

• Garmo Stave Church in Stavkirke.org (in Norwegian)

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