Kaupanger Stave Church
Kaupanger Stave Church is the largest stave church in Vestland county, Norway. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality and it is located in the village of Kaupanger, on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden.Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Bep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: stave church in Sogndal, Norway
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Heiberg Collection, Sogn Folk Museum and Kaupanger 3 power station.
Heiberg Collection, Sogn Folk Museum
Museum
Photo: Sigrunespe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heiberg Collection, Sogn Folk Museum is situated 3½ km northwest of Kaupanger Stave Church.
Kaupanger 3 power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kaupanger 3 power station is an industrial building, which is situated 1½ km north of Kaupanger Stave Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sogndalsfjøra.
Sogndalsfjøra
Town
Sogndalsfjøra or Sogndal is a large village in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located where the river Sogndalselvi runs out in the Sogndalsfjorden, a branch of the large Sognefjorden. Sogndalsfjøra is situated 9 km northwest of Kaupanger Stave Church.
Kaupanger Stave Church
- Categories: cultural property, stave church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sogndal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.1842° or 61° 11′ 3″ northLongitude
7.23344° or 7° 14′ 0″ eastInception
1140Operator
Sogndal og Leikanger kyrkjelege fellesrådOpen location code
9FH956MM+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 557505494OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q1377483
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Kaupanger Stave Church” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kaupangerko egurrezko eliza”
- Catalan: “església de fusta de Kaupanger”
- Catalan: “Església de fusta de Kaupanger”
- Chinese: “考潘格爾木板教堂”
- Danish: “Kaupanger stavkirke”
- Finnish: “Kaupangerin sauvakirkko”
- French: “Stavkirke de Kaupanger”
- German: “Stabkirche Kaupanger”
- Italian: “stavkirke di Kaupanger”
- Italian: “Stavkirke di Kaupanger”
- Japanese: “カウパンゲル・スターヴ教会”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaupanger kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kaupanger stavkirke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaupanger kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kaupanger stavkyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Kaupanger stavkirke”
- Polish: “Kaupanger stavkirke”
- Slovenian: “kaupangerska lesena cerkev”
- Slovenian: “Kaupangerska lesena cerkev”
- Slovenian: “kaupangerska stebričasta cerkev”
- Slovenian: “stebričasta cerkev v Kaupangerju”
- Spanish: “iglesia de madera de Kaupanger”
- Spanish: “Iglesia de madera de Kaupanger”
- Swedish: “Kaupangers stavkyrka”
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Highlights include Kaupanger bedehus and Sogn Fjordmuseum.
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