#fantoft

As the church was destroyed in a fire in 1992, the building was rebuilt in the original style in the late 1990s. The wood in a more venerable stave church would not look so fresh!

Fantoft stavekirke, 1992

The Fantoft stave church is easily accessible from Bergen's city center and can be planned as an ideal one-hour-trip for families or groups.

An other stave church in Norway. Fantoft Stave Church is a stave church built around in 1150 originally from Fortun but has been moved to Bergen. The church was burned down by arson, also the members of the black metal scene heavily destroyed it (also trying to burn it down), later Varg Vikernes was found guilty of burning down this and 4 other churches. This church is on the cover photo of Burzum’s EP called Aske. We really wanted to go inside but it was closed down during that time of the year we were there. Photo done by me.

Bergen, Norway 2017

King of the woods

Fantoft Stave Church, Norway. Heill Odin.