Churches in Norway
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Church building in Norway began when Christianity was established there around the year 1000. The first buildings may have been post churches erected in the 10th or 11th century, but the evidence is i
Nidaros Cathedral (11th century) is one of the largest and oldest in Norway.
Pulpit-altar and organ, Kongsberg Church.
The Anglican St. Edmund's Church neo-gothic (1884)
Old Moster Church, possibly the oldest in Norway, site of the Moster Thing where Christianity was made law of the land (around 1024).
Nidaros Cathedral
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Nidaros Cathedral is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of King Olav II, who brought Christianity to Norway and became
Churches in Norway
…or stones cut in local quarries. Lime mortar was used to bind stones in these old constructions. Soapstone is a common building material, notably in Nidaros Cathedral as well as St Mary's Church, Bergen and in sorts of decorations that required great detail. For instance, several baptismal fonts are made from soapstone…
The church's west front, restored 1905–1983
The Cathedral in 1857
The church before 1762
The west front in the late 19th century, before restoration