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Hopperstad Stave Church

Hopperstad Stave Church is a historic of the Church of Norway in the village of in Vik Municipality in Vestland county. It was historically the church for the Hopperstad parish in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: Preserved wooden church (cultural heritage monument)
  • Also known as: “Hopperstad stavkyrkje”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vik Church and Hove Church.

Church
Photo: DeServian1431, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, . It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Vik parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. is situated 570 metres northeast of Hopperstad Stave Church.

Church
Photo: Per Magne Kjøde, Public domain.
is a historic of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, . It is located in the village of on the Arnafjord, an arm of the . is situated 1 km southeast of Hopperstad Stave Church.

Power station
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is situated 1½ km southeast of Hopperstad Stave Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vikøyri.

Photo: Iz48, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village of 1200 people on the south side of the . The medieval churches Hove Church and Hopperstad Stave Church, as well as Vik Church from 1877, are located here. It is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik.

Hopperstad Stave Church

Latitude
61.07748° or 61° 4′ 39″ north
Longitude
6.56907° or 6° 34′ 9″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Inception
1130
Operator
Fortidsminneforeningen
Open location code
9FH83HG9+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 465155871
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
8532139
Wiki­data ID
Q531841
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Hopperstad Stave Church” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hopperstadeko egurrezko eliza”
  • Catalan: “Església de fusta d’Hopperstad”
  • Catalan: “església de fusta de Hopperstad”
  • Danish: “Hopperstad stavkirke”
  • Dutch: “Staafkerk van Hopperstad”
  • Finnish: “Hopperstadin sauvakirkko”
  • French: “stavkirke de Hopperstad”
  • French: “Stavkirke de Hopperstad”
  • German: “Stabkirche Hopperstad”
  • Japanese: “ホッペルシュタ・スターヴ教会”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hopperstad kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hopperstad stavkirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hoprekstad kirke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hoprekstad stavkirke”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hopperstad kyrkje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hopperstad stavkyrkje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hoprekstad kyrkje”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hoprekstad stavkyrkje”
  • Norwegian: “Hopperstad stavkirke”
  • Norwegian: “Hopperstad stavkyrkje”
  • Polish: “Hopperstad stavkirke”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de madera de Hopperstad”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de madera de Hopperstad”
  • Swedish: “Hopperstads stavkyrka”

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