This church was built 600 years before the United States was a thing
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
These churches are almost twice as old as Christopher Columbus discovery of America so there's no wonder that there aren't anything like this in the U.S. These were built during the viking age so when these were built there were only native americans in the U.S.. Some of these are four times older than the declaration of independence. So these are remarkable and a wonder that they survived from the viking age up until today.
@Someones-garden Жыл бұрын
Spot on ❤ @Tyler Walker's ancestors might be from the first European emigration 🚢 in the early 1800 😊
@frankbg1 Жыл бұрын
Columbus didn't discover America, Leif Eriksson did it centuries earlier.
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
@@frankbg1 Most likely yes but it wasn't until Columbus did it that Europeans started going over in droves.
@frankbg1 Жыл бұрын
@@RuthlessMetalYT i Indeed, but that was even later as Columbus never came to the main land, fair enough - Leif Erikson only discovered Newfoundland, wich in Norwegian directly translates to land discovered/found recently - no way that's a coinsidence. Norwegian Vikings discovered Iceland and Greenland as well.
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
I know, I'm from Scandinavia so I'm very familiar with our history. :) @@frankbg1
@chrisreinert9981 Жыл бұрын
A polish prince bought a stave church being replaced by a newer one in Vang county and moved it to Karpacz in Poland. I live in Norway, near Heddal stave church. My wife and took a trip trough northern Europe and visited the polish one. One meaning of "stave" is pole, as in telephone pole. Weather Heddal or Borgund is better preserved is open to discussion. Some of the stave churches are still used by the local communities for special occasions and weddings. Neighbors of ours where married in Heddal church.
@lillm6874 Жыл бұрын
I live in Vang where the population is about 1600 people, and we have 6 churches and all are made of wood. Two of them are stave churches, and one of the stave churches is still used as a regular church👍
@TullaRask6 ай бұрын
The Polish one are so different from it's origin it's not considered a stave church anymore. Not like the old Norwegian one's anyway.
@randihelenehansen4169 Жыл бұрын
There is a copy of this Stave church in «Little Norway « in Wisconsin. Many immigrant from Norway live there. Take a look at Nidarosdomen in Trondheim, Norway. Built in year 1300.
@RoySandersen Жыл бұрын
That church is moved back to Norway and its rebuildt in Orkanger
@randihelenehansen4169 Жыл бұрын
@@RoySandersen I did not now that. I am going there ( to little Norway) at the end of september.
@Lassisvulgaris Жыл бұрын
@@RoySandersen Washington Islad Stavkirke WI, opened in 1995, is still in use....
@MissCaraMint8 ай бұрын
It’s actually earlier than that. Building started in 1070. Of course it’s been ruined and restored a few times since then.
@steinaranfinsen5015 Жыл бұрын
in 1970 after my father had completed his Masters degree in Nashville. He toke us on a road trip around the US. We found a replica of a stav church just out side Rapid City, South Dakota. Don't know if it's still there. You can look it up if you're interested
@richardrodriguez2120 Жыл бұрын
It’s still here. I live in Rapid City and it is in city limits
@Mellombakkarogberg24 Жыл бұрын
I live in a small town here in Norway and we have Norways largest stav- Church here. It’s 20 meters long and 26 meters high. It is from the 14th century 😊
@SipTea Жыл бұрын
I live in a walking distance to the replica Fantoft stavechurch, the original was burned to the ground by a black metal musician idiot/arsonist in the 90's. I often take my dog for walks in the area around the church. I am in awe just beeing close to it, although it is sad it is a replica, not the original.
@AsbjornThorvald9 ай бұрын
His name is Varg Vikernes, involved with a band called Mayhem he was part of the one man band Burzum. Wise guy + great music
@TheMadNorseman Жыл бұрын
The shingles on the roof are the scales on a snake's (or dragon's) skin. Early Norwegian christanity was a celtic christian variety that came with monks and missionaries from Ireland and England. When you were inside one of these churches, you were actually in the belly of the dragon. St.Patrick, is the patron saint of Ireland and was attributed the fame of having banished all poisinous snakes from Ireland, which actually meant that he got rid of the old celtic christianity with "proper" catholisism. Fortunately, some of this heritage are still preserved in the stave churches. Back in the days, the dragons where not an evil animal. However, later christianity made it equal to the devil. Not many knows this.
@tricitymorte16 ай бұрын
There's the Hopperstad Stave Church replica in Moorhead, MN, maintained by The Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County. They also have the Hjemkomst Viking Ship nearby.
@Berberien Жыл бұрын
I live 30mins away from borgund stavkyrkje. visited it when I was young so should probably go back and see it again since I have forgotten most of it. there is also a kings road or something there thats really interesting but dont remember what it was about.
@arnehusby1420 Жыл бұрын
You need to take a trip to Norway and explore both the modern and historic country we live in. This summer we had eight weeks of rain in the south and warm and sunny in the North.
@John_1920 Жыл бұрын
13:30 You must have missed the part where it was written that not all of the Stave Churches were elaborately built, that many were actually pretty plain looking.
@asgautbakke8687 Жыл бұрын
The replacement of old stave churches with more ones was a case of excepdiency. In 1831 Norway had grained local and limited home rule under Sweden, more once it teetered on final ruin. A whole church modernation program was simply out of the question. And then tradegy stuck and forced the hand of the Church of Norway. In August that year (I think) the stone stone at Flisa, close to the eastern border, burned down the ground. More than a hundred burned in because the doors faced inwards and the panic-stricken throgh blocked. A massive rebuilding of churches now had to be started to forestall repearted fires like this. Doors opening outwards were made mandanatory, often to the deriment of elegant arcitechture and beautiful decoration of old stone churches. And for then with the stave churches? By their construction their doors simply couldn't be converted to face outwards. So down they went, they stave churches survived in isolated or as hallowed churches for special purcosies.
@radw1mp Жыл бұрын
I remember my dad and I found one of these churches four wheeling in northern Minnesota it was crazy because it was in the middle of nowhere in the super deep woods creeped me out at the time.
@eivindkaisen6838 Жыл бұрын
Pragmatic and practical are central words here. With a small population not living in cities, stoe masons being very rare, iron being expensive and wood being readily available, you build your small chrches out of wood with as little iron as possible (there were better uses for the iron: like axes and other tools). Christian churches are traditionally built with the altar facing east, whence Christ is supposed to return, as does the dawn. Narow doors are also there for a practical reason: less heat escapes when people enter or exit; there ere/are little or no heating inside.. The practise of burying people under the church floor was widespread in the Christian world: Westminster Abbey in England, Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark, St Peter's in Rome to name a very few. The main difference is the wooden floor. (The French even buried dead sailors on the hulls of their ships.) As for carved animals and figurines, see the grotesques and gargoyles on stone churches, not to mention illumiations in old manuscrips throughout "Christendom". The amalgamation, adaption of local religions ("spirits", animals, motifs, beliefs, practises) into Christianity is ubiquitous, even in the US.
@Xirque666 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact about Undredal: It has Norways smallest Stave church and fire station (probably the worlds smallest fire station), and it's own brand of cheeses
@thomasdahl2232 Жыл бұрын
First of all - I find myself often forgetting to hit LIKE as I get too busy commenting. I think it's the same for most here. Sorry about that. I'm sure everyone love your videos. As for Norse Gods - you DO know about it, as it's the old Gods that YOU know best from the Thor super hero movies. hehe He actually moves to Norway in the movie. As for STAV I would describe it as rounded pieces of wood rather than just pillars. WE call the skiing pols STAVER as well.
@robinchwan Жыл бұрын
it's wierd.. whenever i play survival craft games i always come up with some sort of design that looks just like the stave churches.. it never fails ( though i am norwegian it's funny i default on such designs )
@chypres89 Жыл бұрын
Amazing craftmanship.
@leifolsen3230 Жыл бұрын
There is such a church in America. Hopperstad Stave Church replica in Moorhead, Minnesota. The original building can of course be found in Norway.
@gunnara7625 Жыл бұрын
Don't be surprised by finding a lot of churches in Norway. Every municipality has a church which were built by the state, but in most towns you will also find a lot of different free churches.
@Henrik46 Жыл бұрын
Kommune = municipality. Commune = kommunitet, bofellesskap der man eier ting sammen og jobber i fellesskap. Oftest brukt om bofellesskap av munker/nonner utenfor klostre.
@tonefosse303511 ай бұрын
I love your videos! And your fascination about our small Lovely country❤🎉
@sveinlarsen4275 Жыл бұрын
You always talk about how expensive Norway is, but did you notice that at Borgund you can buy a ticket for the museum (including entrance to the stave church) for less than 8 US dollars?
@Bubajumba Жыл бұрын
The norse old gods are the gods like Thor, Odin, Freya, Loki etc
@vanjanyrudhalvorsen6913 Жыл бұрын
Loke
@mathish100 Жыл бұрын
Tor, Odin, Frøya, Frey, Loke, etc,
@mikalanglevik4735 Жыл бұрын
You should look at moster church in norway, its over a thousand years, first built in the year 994. It is made out of lime and soapstone. That church were made at the place where olav tryggvason came to land and tented and sang to christ.
@nissenusset4134 Жыл бұрын
You should write the name of the church so he and others can google it 😊
@NaeniaNightingale10 ай бұрын
He never reads the comments so good luck with that
@ssirfbrorsan Жыл бұрын
I have worked and traveled in Norway. I think I know a lot. But you teach me more.
@Kajsun Жыл бұрын
To get a grasp of what music Norwegians like to listen to, you should check out top 10 song in Norway currently. + please listen to some Norwegian traditional music and dances.
@zebastinio Жыл бұрын
I was married in Eidsborg stave church.
@eplejuice8641 Жыл бұрын
Ironically the most isolated churces survived. Due to perhaps the isolated community not being hit as bad by the plague, and later because it was such a strong part of their local identity that they held their ground on keeping it. Seeing how the grandest stave Church in Heddal (the one u kept showing pictures of) is quite isolated. It makes u think what potensially amazing structures were lost in the major towns/cities
@JB-mc5tq Жыл бұрын
I'm a Norwegian who lives in America, you got a pretty good Norwegian accent for an American :)
@monicabredenbekkskaar1612 Жыл бұрын
Its a miracle that vikings resived the gospel and became so important to them. If you love vikings, respect their culture❤
@monicabredenbekkskaar1612 Жыл бұрын
Stavkyrkjer is a flowing in the middel between viking area and lutherian churches.
@trene6559 Жыл бұрын
I live close to Heddal stave church. Never been inside it. Isn't it weird weird how you might never go to the historical landmarks that are close to where you live?
@lindakristinekjrlibraten57599 ай бұрын
Yes. I live about 20 - 30 minitues from a "tourist magnet" myself. People come cross the world, but I who can go there every day, have still not been there.
@CM-ey7nq Жыл бұрын
"I never really associated churches with Norway." Neither did our ancestors...
@gunnara7625 Жыл бұрын
Churches have had a great influence on the development of Norway.
@Lassisvulgaris Жыл бұрын
@@gunnara7625 Still, Christianity ruined the soscial system of the Viking age, Christianity was actually forced upon Norway, under threat of getting killed, if you did not convert....
@Henrik46 Жыл бұрын
@@Lassisvulgaris I thank God the social system of the Viking age was ruined. No longer would weak children be put out in the forest do die, and no longer were blood feuds allowed. Forced conversions were a thing, but it was mostly political, not religious. The battle of Stiklestad had Christians and heathens on both sides.
@CM-ey7nq Жыл бұрын
All that is very true, but still we seem to have left the Same people be themselves before Chrisitanity :)
@Lassisvulgaris Жыл бұрын
@@Henrik46 One has to look at things from the right perspective. Judging the past, with todays eyes won't do.... In the Viking age, a child was not regarded as a complete human until the second year of life. Until quite recentnly, mortality among children was large. Children put out in the forest, were mainly from poor families, who could not feed that child, so it would most probably die, anyway. When possible, children would have been tried given away to others. This was practiced up to late 1800s. Several women were executed for killing their children, if they could not prove that the baby died from disease. Blood feuds also happened in all Christian countries, also in Scandinavia, for centuries, so not only a pre Christian thing.... One neglected thing, is that women lost their power. In Viking age, women ruled the homes, while the men were out on expeditions. With Christianity, they became property, and virtually slaves, of the men.... Then, in many places, espescially in Trøndelag, Tore Hund is regarded as the hero, not Olav Haraldson. The Church needed heroes, so Olav was made a saint. Lately, it has been discussed to strip him of sainthood, as dying in battle, is not a martyrium. Finally, in a historical perspective, no religion has caused more wars than Christianity. Of course we can't know what Norway would have been without Christianity, but as we see, with a higher level of education, more and more people withdraw their names from the Church of Norway....
@TheDarkSaplings Жыл бұрын
Stave churches are a fantastic church. I would love to get married in a church like that, when that time comes.
@VidarLund-k5q2 ай бұрын
No wonder that those excellent artisans that were able to build viking ships able to sail to the known world, and the unknown one like the later Americas, were able to build the stave churches as well. The tradition lives on today, building clinkerbuilt boats and vikingships.
@Sweenymee7 ай бұрын
I would say "stav" is more like "staff", "cane" or "pole". "stolpe" is more "pillar". At least in today's Norwegian. We have "Gandalf's staff" wich translates to "Gandalf's stav",, or a "witch's cane" who becomes "Heksestav" there is the "ski pole" wich becomes "skistav", we have "walking cane" who becomes "gåstav". "Stripping pole" becomes "strippestang"(that is a much newer word again "stang", and it is much bigger that the usual "stav" is). Tho maybe the dialects often use "stav" more. I'm no linguistic unfortunately. Fun fact; we have a place called "Stavern", and it does have a cool church, but not a Stave Church unfortunatly. It would have been so fun with a Chuch called "Stavern Stavkirke" 😏
@johankaewberg8162 Жыл бұрын
Yes, traditional Stave Churches are such a Norse landmark, and to a much lesser extent Swedish.
@aidenrandall9279 Жыл бұрын
Theres some stave churches in The US most are in Minnesota which makes sense because thats where norwegian imagrants settled.
@kievitz Жыл бұрын
Ever heard of Odin? Those old gods, basicly the whole pantheon of Norwegian gods. These churches are hundreds of years old, some even older than US as a country.
@Koreviking Жыл бұрын
All of the stave churches are at least 500 years older than the US.
@tst6735 Жыл бұрын
Thx m8 Nice video
@corvuslupus3859 Жыл бұрын
You should come visit us
@lindakristinekjrlibraten57599 ай бұрын
Yes and stay here for a year.
@norkannen Жыл бұрын
You have heard about Odin and Thor and Loke i guess via Marvel movies ❤️😎🇧🇻. The old Norse gods 🤗😈
@andersrefstad8235 Жыл бұрын
Sad but true, Turism is destroying Norway. Today in the news here: Often 15000 turists in Geiranger. A day, in a place with some 250 people. That tourist-tax cant come fast enough, -Or be high enough...
@lindakristinekjrlibraten57599 ай бұрын
Is that normal or was this after Princess Martha and Durek announced their place for the wedding?
@civroger Жыл бұрын
In my town, the street I lived in had an old house that looked very similar to the stave churches. With big, elaborate dragon heads. An old lady lived there. When she died, they tore it down and built this ugly, modern house instead. Why they didn't preserve it, I have no idea. Everyone loved it so.
@Moose0fNorway6 күн бұрын
You can say "stave" in english as well, that's the viking influence in the english language. There's a BUNCH of your grammar is from old-norse language
@johnfrancismaglinchey4192 Жыл бұрын
By. Act of Parliament in Oslo
@bhonnin Жыл бұрын
You don't have to come to Norway to see a stave church, in South Dakota there is a replica of Borgund stavkirke 😀
@daginn896 Жыл бұрын
Well, it's not the same thing though. It does not carry the history :) The soul of the building is not there.
@andersgulowsen28145 ай бұрын
Humans are amazing.. Nuff said
@tonje_gram Жыл бұрын
80 Norwegian kroner = about 8 Dollars US
@ToneNArt9 күн бұрын
The churches were built during the end of Viking time, when the Christian’s started to take over. That’s why you find the blend of Norse gods and Christian gods in them
@reyalPRON11 ай бұрын
"stave" is english and refer to the norwegian word "stav" meaning staff.
@kjkj128 Жыл бұрын
You should have a look at the black metal band that burned one of these churches in the 90's. Sad story
@ukspizzaman7 ай бұрын
They are the result of being converted by the sword. Convert or die. So they built the churches, but in the style of the old gods.
@TheFruitarianQueen Жыл бұрын
🖤
@tor-erikrefvik7308 Жыл бұрын
we cant have a wooden church too mutch wind
@eivinherfindal6658 Жыл бұрын
Norse gods are like the Vikings gods
@Kari.F. Жыл бұрын
Old Norse religion: Thor, Odin, Freya, Loke, Ragnarok, summer solstice, winter solstice, Valhalla, Hell... Then Christianity was forced on the Vikings by axe. Religion was a mixed mess between the two for a while...
@billyo54 Жыл бұрын
Stave is pronounced stay-ve. Wooden nails are called dowels.
@oerjanmoen Жыл бұрын
He pronounced it perfectly in Norwegian.
@SupermissChance Жыл бұрын
No.
@avlinrbdig5715 Жыл бұрын
Stāv
@oh515 Жыл бұрын
There is no y or e sound in the Norwegian pronunciation.
@billyo54 Жыл бұрын
He's speaking English. I'm talking about the English pronunciation.
@DefenderX Жыл бұрын
Ehhhhhm! The stave churches weren't considered modern, so they replaced them?! 😂 That's not true at all. The christians crusaded Norway and put everyone to the sword who didn't convert to christianity and burned down all the original stave churches. Only some survived. And I think the big ones were made in an attempt to honor both christianity and the norse god. But norse god idols were prohibited.
@Koreviking Жыл бұрын
Erm, no. All of the stave churches were built by Christians, for a Christian purpose. Most of them survived well into the Christian era, and it was only in the 16th century people started tearing them down to build more modern churches.
@monicabredenbekkskaar1612 Жыл бұрын
Us was born as western colony and they was from all of europe...so no, you will never have anything older than 1700- ages in you usa...
@lenasamanthagraham Жыл бұрын
Us is way to new , that is why you dont have them😃
@mrsquietmusic64134 ай бұрын
Personally I think those black stave churches are so ugly. I am Norwegian, but those are not my favourite Norwegian architecture. Those black churches look so depressing and dark.
@deckmastercelticguardian85823 ай бұрын
Christianity is more black metal than blavk metal
@AnnDavi-c7w Жыл бұрын
Stop $hitting on your fellow Americans. You've never been an overseas tourist, but you presume that they are awful. (FYI: There is an exact replica of the Borgund stave church in South Dakota.)
@Emperor_Nagrom Жыл бұрын
If you're anything to go by, he is completely correct
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
exact replica made by modern people in the modern age. doesn't really count man.
@runejohansen3332 Жыл бұрын
If you are his "ordinary fellow" American, I can understand he is "shitting" on you and your kind, but its only in your head. I really belive you are a person with "spesial" needs. get well soon👍
@ahkkariq7406 Жыл бұрын
If anyone is shitting on Americans here, it's not Tyler. You yourself are a lousy representative of America - if you are an American at all. To me, it sounds more like you're coming straight from the abyss.
@RuthlessMetalYT Жыл бұрын
He's not shitting on America just because he likes these cultural landmarks. Everyone should be in awe of these churches no matter where they are from. It's called being a human.
@AnnDavi-c7w Жыл бұрын
No country has more beautiful churches (inside and outside) than Italy does.
@Emperor_Nagrom Жыл бұрын
You just NEED to find something to complain about, what a sad life you're living
@louiseerbslisbjerg7854 Жыл бұрын
It's subjective. A lot of people find the catholic church's overwhelming use of money pretty nausiating. Humility should be the message, but it's not.
@omgwerockhard Жыл бұрын
I feel sorry for it, no friends does this to you :/ a cry for attention
@imortaliz Жыл бұрын
no the italian ones are ugly, norwegian ones are finer
@oh515 Жыл бұрын
This isn’t about churches in general, but stave churches. If the whole catholic world did pay for the Norwegian churches, they would probably be more spectacular as well. It’s not fair to compare cathedral’s with simple churches anyway. Even though many would disagree with you if they have been in Spain. Because you are just guessing. But yes, Italy have some of the most amazing and beautiful monuments of the catholic world. Anyway, no one said the Norwegian stave churches are the most beautiful in the world. But no country has more beautiful stave churches (inside and outside) than Norway does.
@AnnDavi-c7w Жыл бұрын
Whenever you say that America doesn't have a particular aspect of Norwegian culture, you say it in such a derogatory way. Why should it (or any other country)? Even concerning religion, it has its own, e.g., the Mormon (LDS) religion -- with its beautiful church/HQ in Salt Lake City, Utah.
@Emperor_Nagrom Жыл бұрын
LMAO you claiming HE is derogatory, whilst 95% of your comments are derogatory towards him😂😂 What world are you living in?
@runejohansen3332 Жыл бұрын
@@Emperor_Nagrom Dont be so hard on it, its a "special" needs thing😉
@leifsamuelsen6153 Жыл бұрын
i was baptised in a old stone church from about 1150, and it is still in use: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjerpen_Church
@torfinnsrnes6232 Жыл бұрын
There is a copy of a stavechurch in Wisconsin.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Island_Stavkirke