• Borgund Stave Church was purchased in 1877 by the National Trust of Norway (Fortidsminneforeningen) thereby saving it from demolition.
  • ...new walls were built as cladding on the outside of the stave walls in the 1990s.[19] One of the medieval bells is on display in the new Borgund church.
  • Borgund Stave Church is particularly notable for its remarkable preservation, making it one of Norway’s most well-preserved stave churches.
  • As part of a group of Australian scouts traveling from Sogn to Hamar on 12 July 2023, we decided to swing by the Borgund Stave Church.
  • Borgund stave church is the most authentic wooden stave church in Norway, built between 1180 and 1200. Adorned with woodcarvings, runes.
  • Most distinctive Stave Church in Norway. Borgund Stave Church in Lærdal was built around 1180 and is dedicated to the Apostle Andrew.
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    • 4 Interior of the beautiful Borgund stave church
    • 7 The church is open to the public
  • Remarkably well-preserved despite enduring centuries of harsh Nordic elements, Borgund Stave Church stands as a living relic, echoing tales of the past.
  • Borgund Stave Church history. Most of the frame churches built in Norway in the period from 1130 to 1350 when the bubonic plague was raging in Europe.
  • Borgund stave church has an impressive exterior with six different roof sections on top of one another, and frightening dragon heads on each ridge.