Borgund Stave Church, Stavekirke
Borgund may refer to the following places in Norway: Møre og Romsdal county *Borgund Municipality (Møre og Romsdal), a former municipality in Sunnmøre *Borgund Church, a church in Ålesund Municipality Vestland county *Borgund, Lærdal, a village in Lærdal Municipality *Borgund Municipality (Sogn og Fjordane), a former municipality now part of Lærdal Municipality *Borgund Stave Church, a stave church in Lærdal Municipality *Borgund Tunnel, a tunnel in Lærdal Municipality *Borgund (also known as Borgundvåg), a village in Stad Municipality Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula. The administrative centre of the ...

Borgund Municipality (Møre Og Romsdal)
Borgund is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1968. The area is now part of Ålesund Municipality in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnmøre. The administrative centre of the municipality was at Borgund, near the church, along the Nørvasundet strait. Borgund originally encompassed the large area north of the Storfjorden (Sunnmøre), Storfjorden and south of the Grytafjorden, from the mainland areas in the eastern part of today's Ålesund Municipality to the islands of today's Giske Municipality and the ocean in the west. The city of Ålesund was located in the central part of Borgund, however, the city itself was not part of Borgund, and it was governed separately. At its dissolution in 1968, Borgund Municipality included the islands of Sula (island), Sula, Humla, Norway, Humla, Tørla, and Ellingsøya, as well as parts of Uks ...
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Borgund Church
Borgund Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Borgund, just east of the city of Ålesund. It is the church for the Borgund parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The historic, white, stone church was built in a cruciform design around the year 1300 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church reflects both Romanesque and Gothic architectural styles. The church seats about 750 people. Throughout history, the church was the seat of the large Borgund prestegjeld and later it was the main church for the large Borgund Municipality. History The earliest existing historical records of a church in Borgund date back to the 12th century. In fact, at one point, there may have been as many as four stone churches in Borgund. Records talk about the (St. Margaret's Church), (Christ Church), (St. Matthew's Church), and ...
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Borgund, Lærdal
Borgund is a small village in Lærdal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It lies along the European route E16 highway, about southeast of the village of Lærdalsøyri. It is the site of the Borgund Church and the historic Borgund Stave Church. Historically, the village was part of the old Borgund Municipality which existed from 1864 until its dissolution in 1964. Name The municipality (originally the parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...) was named after the old ''Borgund'' farm (), where the historic Borgund Stave Church is located. The name is derived from the old word ''Borg'' meaning "fortress" or "stronghold". References Lærdal Villages in Vestland {{SognFjordane-geo-stub ...
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Borgund Municipality (Sogn Og Fjordane)
Borgund is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located in the southeastern part of the traditional district of Sogn. The municipality existed from 1864 until its dissolution in 1964. It encompassed an area in the eastern part of the present-day Lærdal Municipality. The administrative center of Borgund was the village of Steinklepp, just northeast of the village of Borgund. Steinklepp was the site of a store, a bank, and a school. The historical Filefjell Kongevegen road passes through the Borgund area. Location The former municipality of Borgund was situated near the southeastern end of the Sognefjorden, along the Lærdalselvi river. The lower parts of the municipality were farms such as Sjurhaugen and Nedrehegg. They were at an elevation of about above sea level. Høgeloft, on the border with the neighboring municipality of Hemsedal, is a mountain in the Filefjell range and it was the highest point in Borgund at above sea level. The lakes ...
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Borgund Stave Church
Borgund Stave Church () is a former parish church initially of the Catholic Church and later the Church of Norway in Lærdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was built around the year 1200 as the village church of Borgund, and belonged to Lærdal parish (part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin) until 1868, when its religious functions were transferred to a "new" Borgund Church, which was built nearby. The old church was restored, conserved and turned into a museum. It is funded and run by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments, and is classified as a triple-nave stave church of the Sogn-type. Its grounds contain Norway's sole surviving stave-built free-standing bell tower. Construction Borgund Stave Church was built sometime between 1180 and 1250 AD with later additions and restorations. Its walls are formed by vertical wooden boards, or staves, hence the name "stave church." The four corner posts are connected to one ...
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Borgund Tunnel
Borgund may refer to the following places in Norway: Møre og Romsdal county *Borgund Municipality (Møre og Romsdal), a former municipality in Sunnmøre *Borgund Church, a church in Ålesund Municipality Vestland county *Borgund, Lærdal, a village in Lærdal Municipality *Borgund Municipality (Sogn og Fjordane), a former municipality now part of Lærdal Municipality *Borgund Stave Church, a stave church in Lærdal Municipality * Borgund Tunnel, a tunnel in Lærdal Municipality *Borgund (also known as Borgundvåg), a village in Stad Municipality Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula. The administrative centre of the ...

Lærdal Municipality
Lærdal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the south side of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Lærdalsøyri. The old Filefjell Kongevegen road passes through Lærdal on its way to Valdres and later to Oslo. The municipality is the 71st largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway (with over half of this area consisting of mountains). Lærdal is the 273rd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,129. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 2.2% over the previous 10-year period. The Lærdal river valley is long, running from Hemsedal ( Høgeloft mountain) and the Filefjell mountains in the east to the Sognefjorden in the west. About half of the municipal residents live in the main village of Lærdalsøyri; the rest in the small villages in the surrounding valleys such as Borgund, Ljøsne, Tønjum, ...
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