Fløan Church (''Fløan kirke'') was a medieval church that stood in the village of Fløan in the

Skatval Skatval is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the Skatval peninsula about northwest of the town of Stjørdalshalsen. The inhabitants are called as ''Skatvalsbygg''. Skatval Church is lo ...

area of present-day

Stjørdal Stjørdal () or is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Stjørdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Stjørdal, also called Stjørdalshalsen. Some of the villages in the municipalit ...

municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The church was located about northwest of the town of

Stjørdalshalsen Stjørdalshalsen (also known as Stjørdal or Halsen) is a town and the administrative centre of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located between the rivers Stjørdalselva and Gråelva to the south and north and ...

. Materials from Fløan church are displayed at the Trøndelag Folkemuseum at

Sverresborg Sverresborg (Norwegian:''Sverresborg i Trondheim'') or ''Sverre Sigurdsson's castle'' (''Kong Sverres borg'') was a fort and residence built in the medieval city of Nidaros (later Trondheim) by King Sverre Sigurdsson. The fortification was built ...

in Trondheim.

History

The first written record of the church is in the

Aslak Bolts jordebok ''Aslak Bolt's cadastre'' ( no, Aslak Bolts jordebog; written 1432–1433) is a Norwegian cadastre, a detailed register of properties and incomes of the Archdiocese of Nidaros. History Aslak Bolt's cadastre was a register of land ownership w ...

. In 1432

Aslak Bolt Aslak Harniktsson Bolt (c. 1380 – 1450) was a 15th-century Norwegian priest who served as Archbishop of the Nidaros. His parents were Harnikt Henningsson and Sigrid Aslaksdatter Bolt. His mother was a member of a Norwegian noble family. ...

, Bishop of the

Archdiocese of Nidaros The Archdiocese of Nidaros (or Niðaróss) was the metropolitan see covering Norway in the later Middle Ages. The see was the Nidaros Cathedral, in the city of Nidaros (now Trondheim). The archdiocese existed from the middle of the twelfth cent ...

, commissioned this land register which listed lands, estates, and revenues associated with the diocese. The church was closed after the Reformation and finally completely demolished in 1851. The church has been carbon dated to 1420. Other medieval history indicates that for some time before the current building existed there stood another church at the same location.

References

External links

Trøndelag Folkemuseum official websiteAslak Bolts bibel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Floean church Stjørdal Churches in Trøndelag 15th-century churches in Norway Demolished buildings and structures in Norway Buildings and structures demolished in 1851 Former churches in Norway