Bygstad Church

The Bygstad Church is a long church dating from 1845, erected according to the type drawings of Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow. The first church in Bygstad was a Stave church mentioned as early as 1320. The stave church was demolished in 1845 to make way for the new church. The church was moved from its original location in 1939 to the site of the old church in Bygstad.

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