List of archaeological sites and dismantled stave churches information
List of archaeological sites and dismantled stave churches in northern Europe. The list is still not complete, and will be continually revised as traces of churches are found all the time.
Main article: Stave church
Iceland
Þórarinsstaðir archaeological excavation in Seyðisfjörður, east Iceland (post church which predates stave church).[1]
Norway
Atrå stave church
Aurland Stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.)
Austad stave church
Bagn stave church, Sør-Aurdal municipality, Norway (Portal on display at (?) in Copenhagen. There are still two stave churches left in the municipality; Reinli stave church and Hedal stave church)
Bjølstad stave church
Bødal stave church
Dal stave church
Dovre stave church
Flå stave church
Fåberg stave church
Gårå stave church
Gaupne stave church, parts of which are incorporated into Old Gaupne Church
Gausdal stave church
Gransherad stave church
Grindaker stave church
Hafslo stave church
Hakastein Church, Skien, archaeological excavation of post church constructed between 1010 and 1040.
Hemsedal stave church
Hof stave church
Hylestad Stave Church, Setesdal. (Demolished and the portal on display at University Museum of Antiquities in Oslo Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Historisk Museum, Oslo)
Imshaug stave church
Kvie stave church
Liseherad stave church
Mæl stave church
Nesland stave church
Nes stave church, Nes municipality, Norway (The church is painted by I. C. Dahl)
Øyfjell stave church
Rennebu stave church
Rinde stave church
Fystro stave church
Øyar Stave church
St. Thomas Church, Filefjell (Filefjell stave church) at Filefjell, Norway (Well known church in Norwegian folklore)
Sannidal stave church Lardal stave church
Sauland stave church
Stedje stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum, painted by J.C. Dahl, on display at Bergen Kunstmuseum.)
Tonjum stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.)
Tuddal stave church
Tuft stave church
Ulvik stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.)
Vågå stave church is sometimes referred to as a stave church, but is the result of extensive reconstruction with reuse of materials from the demolished stave church. Original stave church was constructed in 1150, and was converted to a cruciform church in 1626–28.
Vangsnes stave church
Veggeli stave church
Vegusdal stave church
Veum stave church
Vinje stave church
Ål stave church, Ål, Hallingdal, dismantled in 1880. (Wood roof in the quire with paintings from the 13th century are now at display at Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Historisk Museum in Oslo)
Årdal stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.)
Sweden
Maria Minor church in Lund built around 1060
Drotten church in Lund
Clemens church in Lund
Hemse stave church (Gotland)
Kalhyttans stave church by Filipstad
Vänga stave church near Borås, dendrochronologically dated to 1063–1065.
^"The Early Medieval Church at Seydisfjordur". Viking Archaeology Viking Archaeology. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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valley, about 60 kilometers (37 mi) west of Otta. This stavechurch is one of a very few remaining stavechurches where the original medieval crest with...
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annex to the Kristiansund church parish since 1967. The church is also one of the most remote of the existing stavechurches in Norway since it sits on...
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