The largest of Norway’s remaining stave churches, Heddal stave church is quite the sight amid the forests and farmhouses of this corner of southern Norway. Heddal is just a few miles northwest of ...

What's the real age of Norwegian stave churches? The usual method for dating wood is to measure the variation in the width of the tree rings and compare them to already dated samples. Recently, ...

Believed to be the oldest Norwegian stave church still standing, Urnes Stave Church deep in Norway’s fjord country is a highlight of any Norwegian road trip itinerary. The view out across the ...

With a new timeline of church construction, experts question what we know of the rise of Christianity in Norway. David Nikel, from Forbes, reports that the largest discrepancy between the old ...

The Hopperstad Stave Church, in Vik, was constructed around AD 1130. (Wikimedia Commons public domain image) The latest installment of my Deseret News column discusses a few of my very favorite ...

Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter was awarded the bid to design the Community Church Knarvik in a 2010 design competition. To show respect for the environment, their winning design carefully adapted the ...

Built between 1996 and 2001, the Hopperstad Stave Church Replica in Moorhead, Minnesota, stands as a testament to Norwegian culture and heritage in the Midwest. It serves as an educational tool in the ...

Good morning. I thought I would do something a little different to wrap up the year–a series of photos on a particular theme or from a particular place. First up, we have Norway’s stave churches. Most ...