Skiptvet
Skiptvet Church is a medieval stone church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Skiptvet in Østfold county, Norway. Supposedly built in the second half of the 12th century, it stands on a ridge west of the Glomma River.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Skiptvet Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Skiptvet Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Skiptvet Chapel.
Skiptvet
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Skiptvet, Østfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.4677° or 59° 28′ 4″ north
Longitude
11.17448° or 11° 10′ 28″ east
Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)
Established
1200
Operator
Skiptvet menighetsråd
Open location code
9FFHF59F+3Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=church
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Skiptvet” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Skiptvet Kirke”
- Danish: “Skiptvet Kommune”
- Dutch: “Skiptvet”
- Esperanto: “Skiptvet”
- Finnish: “Skiptvetin kirkko”
- German: “Skiptvet”
- Ladino: “Skiptvet”
- Nauru: “Skiptvet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skiptvet kirke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skiptvet kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skiptvet”
- Norwegian: “Skiptvet kirke”
- Norwegian: “Skiptvet”
- Polish: “Skiptvet”
- Portuguese: “Skiptvet”
- Romanian: “Skiptvet”
- Spanish: “Skiptvet”
- Swedish: “Skiptvet”
- Swedish: “Skiptvets kyrka”
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Places to explore: Holstad and Lambruhagen.
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Places to explore: Prestegården and Kirkesvingen.
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