Vigmostad Church

Vigmostad Church (Norwegian: Vigmostad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lindesnes Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vigmostad. It is one of the churches for the Lindesnes parish which is part of the Lister og Mandal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1848 by the parish priest Nils Jensson Lassen using plans by the famous Norwegian architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

Vigmostad Church
Vigmostad kirke
View of the church
58.20261°N 07.334003°E / 58.20261; 07.334003
LocationLindesnes Municipality,
Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Consecrated1848
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hans Linstow and
Nils Jensson Lassen
Architectural typeCruciform
Completed1848 (1848)
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishLindesnes
DeaneryLister og Mandal prosti
DioceseAgder og Telemark
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85831

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1369, but it was not new that year. The first church building here was likely a stave church. In 1781, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed building. In 1848, a new church was built immediately to the north of the old building. After the new building was completed, the old church was torn down.[3]

In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[4] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Vigmostad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. "Vigmostad kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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