Helleland Church

Helleland Church
Helleland kyrkje
View of the church
58°31′14″N6°09′36″E / 58.520651°N 6.159958°E / 58.520651; 6.159958 Coordinates: 58°31′14″N6°09′36″E / 58.520651°N 6.159958°E / 58.520651; 6.159958
Location	Eigersund Municipality, Rogaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	13th century
Consecrated	1832
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Hans Linstow
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1832(189 years ago) (1832)
Specifications
Capacity	500
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Helleland
Deanery	Dalane prosti
Diocese	Stavanger bispedømme
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84537

Helleland Church (Norwegian : Helleland kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Eigersund municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Helleland. It is the church for the Helleland parish which is part of the Dalane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1832 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 500 people. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1380, but it was built well before that time. The first church may have been a stave church dating back to the 13th century. In 1629, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed building in a long church style. Some of the materials from the old church were reused in the construction of the new church. ^[3]

In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian : valgkirke). ^[4] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year. ^{[4] [5]}

In 1832, the church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site (this is the present church which is still in use). The new church was much larger, seating about 500 people. ^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Rogaland

References

1. "Helleland kirke, Eigersund". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
3. "Helleland kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage . Retrieved 12 September 2020.
4. "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 February 2021.
5. "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 7 February 2021.