List of archaeological sites and dismantled stave churches in northern Europe. The list is still not complete, and will be continually revised as traces of churches are found all the time. Iceland * Þórarinsstaðir archaeological excavation in Seyðisfjörður, east Iceland ( post church which predates stave church). Norway * Atrå stave church * Aurland Stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.) * Austad stave church * Bagn stave church,

Sør-Aurdal Sør-Aurdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Valdres. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bagn. Other villages in the municipality include Begna, Hedalen, an ...

municipality, Norway (''Portal on display at (?) in Copenhagen. There are still two stave churches left in the municipality;

Reinli stave church Reinli Stave Church ( no, Reinli stavkyrkje) is a preserved parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Reinli. It is the former church for the Reinli parish whic ...

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Hedal stave church Hedalen Stave Church ( no, Hedalen stavkyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The stave church is located in the Hedalen valley. It is the church for the Hedalen parish which i ...

'') * Bjølstad stave church * Bødal stave church * Dal stave church * Dovre stave church * Flå stave church * Fåberg stave church * Gårå stave church * Gaupne stave church, parts of which are incorporated into

Old Gaupne Church Old Gaupne Church ( no, Gaupne gamle kyrkje) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gaupne. It was the main church for the Luster parish (which is part ...

* Gausdal stave church * Gransherad stave church * Grindaker stave church * Hafslo stave church * Hakastein Church, Skien, archaeological excavation of post church constructed between 1010 and 1040. * Hemsedal stave church * Hof stave church *

Hylestad Stave Church The Hylestad Stave Church was a stave church located in Hylestad (now Valle municipality), Setesdal district, Norway. The church was estimated to have been built in the late 12th to the early 13th century and was demolished in the 17th century. S ...

, Setesdal. (Demolished and the portal on display at University Museum of Antiquities in Oslo '' Universitetets Oldsaksamling'', Historisk Museum, Oslo) * Imshaug stave church * Kvie stave church * Liseherad stave church * Mæl stave church * Nesland stave church * Nes stave church, Nes municipality, Norway (The church is painted by I. C. Dahl) * Øyfjell stave church * Rennebu stave church * Rinde stave church * Fystro stave church * Øyar Stave church *

St. Thomas Church, Filefjell St. Thomas Church ( no, St. Tomaskyrkja) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vang Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Filefjell area of Vang. It is one of the churches for the Øye parish which is part of the ...

( Filefjell stave church) at Filefjell, Norway (Well known church in Norwegian folklore) * Sannidal stave church Lardal stave church * Sauland stave church * Stedje stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum, painted by J.C. Dahl, on display at Bergen Kunstmuseum.) * Tonjum stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.) * Tuddal stave church * Tuft stave church * Ulvik stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.) *

Vågå stave church Vågå () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågåmo. Other village areas in Vågå include Lalm and Bes ...

is sometimes referred to as a stave church, but is the result of extensive reconstruction with reuse of materials from the demolished stave church. Original stave church was constructed in 1150, and was converted to a cruciform church in 1626–28. * Vangsnes stave church * Veggeli stave church * Vegusdal stave church * Veum stave church * Vinje stave church * Ål stave church,

Ål Ål is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Hallingdal. The administ ...

, Hallingdal, dismantled in 1880. (Wood roof in the quire with paintings from the 13th century are now at display at Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Historisk Museum in Oslo) * Årdal stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.)

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

Maria Minor church Maria Minor church (Sancta Maria Minor kyrka) is a church rediscovered after archaeological surveys in Lund, Sweden. A post church with palisade A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a fence or defensive wall made ...

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

built around 1060 * Drotten church in

Clemens church Clemens Church (S:t Stefans kyrka) is a church that was rediscovered after archaeological surveys in Lund. The church was of a type with standing palisade wall (''tiles'') on a base log (''väggplankor på syll''). Connection to King Sweyn Forkbe ...

Hemse stave church Hemse stave church is a rediscovered stave church from Hemse at Gotland. Before the present Hemse Church was built there was a stave church from the early Christian period in the beginning of the 11th century. The solid and richly ornamented stav ...

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Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...

) * Kalhyttans stave church by Filipstad * Vänga stave church near

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them the ...

dendrochronologically Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed. As well as dating them, this can give data for dendroclimatology, the study of climate and atmos ...

dated to 1063–1065.

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