Kårböle stave church

Kårböle stave church (St Olav's sacrifice church) is a reconstructed stave church in Kårböle, Ljusdal municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden.

Kårböle stave church
Kårböle stavkyrka
Kårböle stave church in July 2015
LocationKårböle
CountrySweden
DenominationChurch of Sweden
History
Consecrated1989 (1989)
Administration
ParishFärila-Kårböle
DioceseUppsala

The church is from 1989. It's built at a site where pilgrims stopped to perform ritual sacrifice on their long walk to Nidarosdomen in Norway, during pilgrimage in the 12th century.

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