Norway - Land of the Vikings
Visit also the Hurtigruten along the Norwegian coast gallery for more photos of this beautiful country.
Some of these photos are also published in my Norway calendars which you can find here.
Ringebu Stavkirke
Prestegarden, Ringebu, Oppland • Norway Ringebu Stave Church was built in 1220AD, by then of course Norway was catholic, yet some animal paintings a drawing of a man and two runic inscriptions can be found, which might hint to the pagean gods of old. Today Ringebu Stave Church is one of the largest of the 28 remaining stave chuches - once Norway had about 1000 stave churches. It is located 2.5km south-west of Ringebu on what was once the King's Road (Kongesveien), the old pilgrims route - St. Olavsvegen – toward the cathedral of Trondheim goes alongside this church as well.
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