Saint Olav’s Church
Saint Olav's Church is a medieval church in the village of Kirkjubøur in Streymoy, Faroe Islands. It was built before 1200, which makes it the oldest church of the Faroe Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Saint Olav’s Church, Kirkjubøur”
- Address: Gamlivegur 2, Kirkjubøur, 175
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Magnus Cathedral.
Saint Magnus Cathedral
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Magnus Cathedral is a ruined cathedral in the village of Kirkjubøur on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. The ruins are the largest medieval building in the Faroe Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkjubøur and Hestur.
Kirkjubøur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.
Hestur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hestur is an island in the central Faroe Islands, to the west of Streymoy and the south of Koltur. Hestur means horse in Faroese. On the west coast is a guillemot colony. Hestur is situated 4½ km west of Saint Olav’s Church.
Velbastaður
Village
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Velbastaður is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. It is a part of Tórshavn Municipality and is considered among the oldest settlements in the islands. Velbastaður is situated 5 km northwest of Saint Olav’s Church.
Saint Olav’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.95161° or 61° 57′ 6″ northLongitude
-6.79315° or 6° 47′ 35″ westOpen location code
9CHMX624+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 43314690OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q631984
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Saint Olav’s Church” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Església de Sant Olaf”
- Catalan: “Ólavskirkjan”
- Danish: “Olavskirken”
- Faroese: “Kirkjubøar kirkja”
- Faroese: “Ólavskirkjan”
- German: “Sankt-Olav-Kirche”
- Hungarian: “Szent Olaf-templom”
- Italian: “chiesa di Sant’Olav”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Sant’Olav”
- Latvian: “Kirkjubeūras Sv. Olafa baznīca”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ólavskirkjan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ólavskyrkjan”
- Norwegian: “Ólavskirkjan”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Olafa w Kirkjubøur”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Olafa”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Olava w Kirkjubøur”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Olava”
- Polish: “Kościół św. Ólava”
- Polish: “Ólavskirkjan”
- Russian: “Церковь святого Олафа (Чирчубёвур)”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Олафа”
- Spanish: “iglesia de San Olaf”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de San Olaf”
- Swedish: “Ólavskirkjan”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saint Olav’s Church”. Photo: Efloean, CC BY-SA 4.0.