Lom Stave Church

Local nameLom stavkyrkje
LocationEastern Norway

Lom Stave Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lom municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fossbergom in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. It is the church for the Lom parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden stave church was built around the year 1170 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 350 people.

The church is a triple nave stave church that uses free standing inner columns to support a raised section in the ceiling of the main nave. This type of church is amongst the oldest of the Norwegian stave churches. The church was built in a valley off of the main Gudbrandsdalen valley, about 60 kilometers west of Otta.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lom_Stave_Church

Official Website https://www.lom.kommune.no/lom-stavkyrkje.137345.nn.html

Address 21 Bergomsvegen, Fossbergom 2686, Norway

Coordinates 61°50'23.295" N 8°33'57.827" E

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