Hausken Church

Hausken Church (Norwegian: Hausken kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikevåg on the island of Rennesøy. It is one of the two churches for the Rennesøy parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1857 using designs by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]

Hausken Church
Hausken kyrkje
View of the church
59.10058°N 5.68888°E / 59.10058; 5.68888
LocationStavanger Municipality,
Rogaland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Consecrated1857
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1857
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseStavanger bispedømme
DeaneryTungenes prosti
ParishRennesøy
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID84509

History
Old picture of the present church

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1327, but the church was not built that year. The original church was a stave church. In 1752, the old church was heavily renovated. The nave was torn down and rebuilt, but the old choir was retained.[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 1857, the entire church was torn down because it was too small for the congregation. A new church was built the same year on the same site. That church is still in use.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Hausken kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. "Hausken kirkested - Rennesøy kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  5. "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

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