Follebu Church

Follebu Church (Norwegian: Follebu kirke) is a church dating from 1260 in the municipality of Gausdal in Innlandet county, Norway.[2]

Follebu Church
Follebu kirke
Follebu Church
Location in Innlandet
Follebu Church
Follebu Church (Norway)
LocationFollebu
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Completed1260
Specifications
Capacity140[1]
MaterialsStone
Administration
DeanerySør-Gudbrandsdal

The church is built of stone and can accommodate 140 people.[1] The rectangular Gothic church was built from 1260 to 1300. The altar and the pulpit have rich acanthus ornamentation created by Eistein Kjørn.[3] There is a cemetery around the church.[1][2]

The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 2550 and Norwegian County Road 2530.

References
  1. "Follebu kirke". Kirkesøk. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  2. "Follebu kirkested". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  3. "Eistein Guttormsson Kjørn". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved November 5, 2017.

Follebu Parish

Follebu Parish was incorporated into Gausdal Municipality on January 1, 1838 in the Formannskapsdistrikt. Gausdal was divided into the separate municipalities of Vestre Gausdal and Østre Gausdal in 1879, but they were reunited into one municipality in 1962. The database for Norske Gaardnavne Vol IV published in 1900 contains Gårdsnummer 1-32 for Follebu Parish in Østre Gausdal municipality. The Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 lists Gårdsnummer 119-150 for Gausdal municipality because all of the Gårdsnummer in Østre Gausdal were increased by 118 to eliminate duplication with the Vestre Gausdal Gårdsnummer when the two municipalities were reunited.

The parish records start in 1693 for Gausdal Prestegjeld and in 1846 for Østre Gausdal Prestegjeld at Digitalarkivet. The attached KML file shows the church location and the farm locations in Gnr/Bnr format.

KML is not from Wikidata

Further reading
  • Berge, Guttorm. 1981. Follebu kirke: Litt av dens historie gjennom 700 år, ca. 1280–1980. Follebu: Follebu menighetsråd.
  • Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. 1993. Follebu kirke. In: Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon, p. 603. Kirkenær: Vanebo forlag. ISBN 82-7527-022-7.
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