Skrautvål Church () is a

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of the

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Nord-Aurdal Municipality Nord-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 town Fagernes. Other urban centres in Nord-Aurdal include the villages of Aurda ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Skrautvål Skrautvål is a village in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about north of the town of Fagernes is a town in Nord-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The town is the administrative ...

. It is the church for the Skrautvål

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1785 using plans drawn up by the

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. The church seats about 230 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1311, but the church was not built that year. The first church in Skrautvål was a wooden

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that was likely built during the late 13th century (probably around the year 1280). This church stood about to the southwest of the present church site. Plans for a new church were made during the 1780s.

was hired to design and build a new church on a new site, about to the northeast, just up the hill from the old church. The church was built and

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in 1785. The old church was torn down after the new church was completed. The new church was a wooden

building. In 1861, a

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was built on the west end of the church. In 1890, a new

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was built on the east end of the building. In 1907, the windows and a door were replaced.

References

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History

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