Hopperstad Stave Church

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Hopperstad Stave Church
Hopperstad stavkyrkje
View of the church
61°04′39″N 6°34′08″E / 61.07747853122°N 6.56901687383°E / 61.07747853122; 6.56901687383
Location	Vik Municipality, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Previous denomination	Catholic Church
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church (former)
Founded	11th century
Consecrated	c. 1130
Architecture
Functional status	Preserved
Architect(s)	Unknown (19th-century restoration: Peter Andreas Blix)
Architectural type	Long church / Stave church
Style	Romanesque and Gothic
Completed	c. 1130 (894 years ago) (1130)
Closed	1877
Specifications
Capacity	30
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery	Sogn prosti
Parish	Vik
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84627

Hopperstad Stave Church (Norwegian: Hopperstad stavkyrkje) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in the village of Vikøyri in Vik Municipality in Vestland county. It was historically the church for the Hopperstad parish in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The church is currently owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments. The brown, wooden stave church was built during the 12th century. The church seats about 30 people.^[1][2]

The stave church is assumed to have been built around the year 1130 and still stands at its original location. The church is one of the oldest stave churches still standing in Norway. The church is currently owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments.^[3]

There is a replica of the Hopperstad Stave Church at the Heritage Hjemkomst Center in the city of Moorhead in the state of Minnesota in the United States. It was consecrated in 1998. The replica church is part of a larger complex that includes a museum and Scandinavian heritage center.^[3]