Follebu Church
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Follebu kirke | |
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  Follebu Church Location in Innlandet | |
| Coordinates: 61°13′34″N 10°16′4″E / 61.22611°N 10.26778°E | |
| Location | Follebu |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Completed | 1260 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 140[1] |
| Materials | Stone |
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| Deanery | Sør-Gudbrandsdal |
Follebu Church (Norwegian: Follebu kirke) is a church dating from 1260 in the municipality of Gausdal in Innlandet county, Norway.[2]
The church is built of stone and can accommodate 140 people.[1] The rectangular Gothic church was built from 1260 to 1300. The altar and the pulpit have rich acanthus ornamentation created by Eistein Kjørn.[3] There is a cemetery around the church.[1][2]
The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 2550 and Norwegian County Road 2530.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Follebu kirke". Kirkesøk. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Follebu kirkested". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
- ^ "Eistein Guttormsson Kjørn". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
Follebu Parish[]
Follebu Parish was incorporated into Gausdal Municipality on January 1, 1838 in the Formannskapsdistrikt. Gausdal was divided into the separate municipalities of Vestre Gausdal and Østre Gausdal in 1879, but they were reunited into one municipality in 1962. The database for Norske Gaardnavne Vol IV published in 1900 contains Gårdsnummer 1-32 for Follebu Parish in Østre Gausdal municipality. The Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 lists Gårdsnummer 119-150 for Gausdal municipality because all of the Gårdsnummer in Østre Gausdal were increased by 118 to eliminate duplication with the Vestre Gausdal Gårdsnummer when the two municipalities were reunited.
The parish records start in 1693 for Gausdal Prestegjeld and in 1846 for Østre Gausdal Prestegjeld at Digitalarkivet. The attached KML file shows the church location and the farm locations in Gnr/Bnr format.
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Further reading[]
- Berge, Guttorm. 1981. Follebu kirke: Litt av dens historie gjennom 700 år, ca. 1280–1980. Follebu: Follebu menighetsråd.
- Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. 1993. Follebu kirke. In: Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon, p. 603. Kirkenær: Vanebo forlag. ISBN 82-7527-022-7.
External links[]
- Follebu Church at Kirkesøk
- Follebu Church at the Directorate for Cultural Heritage website
- Follebu Church parish website
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- Churches in Innlandet
- Cultural heritage of Norway
- 13th-century churches in Norway
- Churches completed in 1260
- Churches in Sør-Gudbrandsdal Deanery