February 2010
Since 1911 February, 2010 Volume 30, Issue 1 Sigdalslag Saga Serving Norwegian-Americans of Sigdal, Eggedal & Krødsherad ancestry Inside this issue: Sigdal’s Main Church Sigdal’s Main Church 1 Article from Sigdal og Eggedal vol. 1 by Thormod Skatvedt, translated by Rosella Goettelman Norwegian Parish 4 This old church was, no doubt, built very early in the Catholic time, maybe the 12th or 13th Registers century. As far as we know, there is no sure information about this, but, in any case, it News from Norway 5 must have been built before 1331. Bishop Jens Nilsson writes about this old church in the report about his visitation in Sigdal Enger-Nyhus family of 6 in 1591 as follows: North Dakota “On the 6th of July, third Sunday after Trinity, the bishop visited the main church in Sig- Lund-Frisach family of 8 dal, which is called Holmen Church, which is only a little log church with a walkway Sigdal around it (stave church). They have begun to improve the churchyard with new wood fencing. At that time, he preached the Gospel of our Lord, Luke 15. At the same place, 2010 Stevne Update 11 after the sermon, the bishop had his admonition to the common people, which he usually does, and thereafter, the bishop examined and catechized the youths and also the adults.” The church was later built in the shape of a cross, with the tower in the middle, with 4 col- umns, about 40 cm in diameter, set in a square centered underneath. The side wings and sacristy appear to have been added at later times.
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