#Norwegian stave churches

[earhartsease]

we keep having these dreams atm that last less than an hour but in the dream last for several days and nights (tbh it's exhausting!) and this afternoon we dreamt going to Latvia by train and the views were amazing - and at one point we were on a viaduct looking down at these amazing wooden buildings and when we woke up we looked up Latvian architecture and it wasn't that, but we told our belovèd about the dream, and they said "sounds like norwegian stave churches?" which we had no idea but looked those up and they're close but not the same but look at these fucking ghibli things

they're fucking bonkers and definitely look capable of flight - anyway we spent some of the train journey chatting with a sex worker who worked the train carriages but who was relieved to meet someone asexual and told us places to visit so that was nice

but what on earth is our psyche up to

[fotograrte]

The stave church of Borgund in Norway was built around 1200. It belongs to a church type built of wood without any nails. It now serves as a museum.

Borgund Stave Church in Lærdal was built around 1180 and is dedicated to the Apostle Andrew. The church is exceptionally well preserved and is one of the most distinctive stave churches in Norway. Some of the finest features are the lavishly carved portals and the roof carvings of dragons's heads. The stave churches are Norway's most important contribution to world architecture and Norway's oldest preserved timber buildings. "UNIQUE VIKING FINDS" - permanent exhibition opening 15th of May. Presenting Viking Finds.

[blackaltarapparel]

Today, I received one of my holy grail items. 🤘🏽 The post & wanted to share it with you all! The Kerrang - Black Metal cover (27 March 1993 - Issue 436). This item fetches some high prices & I was lucky to get this copy for the price I did! I know many of you may not be lucky enough to own this magazine for yourselves, so I’ve taken some HD photos of each page from the article & if anyone wants the original files, please send me a direct message with your email address! 🤘🏽

[soyouthinkyoulike]

"I refuse to be court-martialed for making this whole underground movement into a trend…. That's what people usually ask, you know? Like, how the hell did it happen? We were thinking of not stepping in the garish footsteps of what became commercial death metal. Well, what do you know? What are we looking at here?"

[robojaw]

Stavkirke

July 19th, 2014

[postcard-from-the-past]

Borgund Stave Church in Lærdal, Norway

Norwegian vintage postcard

[docileeffects]

[milkywayan]

for an atheist who has very happily left the catholic church with 16, i do have a soft spot for old catholic churches, church art and nuns

[maryegallagher]

Lillehammer - An Ideal Getaway

by Deirdre Frost   In so many ways, Lillehammer is a favorite destination for Norwegians and for those with a passion for outdoor sports. Popular with tourists is the exhilarating luge ride down the Olympic-grade toboggan track. Other exciting activities are visiting the ski jumping arena or bobsledding and cross-country skiing in the Olympic Park. The Olympics torch bearer is visible from the…

[mapsontheweb]

Map of a Norwegian fjord in the middle ages.

The map shows the situation in the 15th century. Here is a map showing the location in Norway, and here is a satellite map of the area today.

The various regions of similar colour (such as green) is the «fylker», administrative areas that started out as petty kingdoms before the unification of Norway. In the middle ages the region of «Trøndelag» started out as 8 of them, 4 inner (Veradal-, Sparbyggja-, Eyna- and Skøyna-) and for outer (Strinda-, Stjørdøla-, Orkdøla- and Gauldøla-). This map shows the inner 4 and some border areas.

The different shades of colour shows each “skipsreide”. These are regions originally tasked with supplying ships and soldiers for the defence of Norway. Some of the biggest wafts for longships in Norway found in the region. But at this time it was mostly a tax system.

The churches shown were both of stone and wood, most of the stone ones still there today, but wooden ones lost. Many would be stave churches (reconstruction), some log churches.

Farms have remained almost the same, most of the ones shown here still there today. Though often split into smaller ones as sons split the land.

Most of the info is as said on the map gathered from bishop Aslak's 14030's book where he notes down tax paid by the various farms.

The language the book was written in was a quite Swedish-influenced Middle Norwegian dialect. The farm and region names are quite inconsistent, and seem to be written much like they would sound.

by jkvatterholm

[historysideblog]

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[bumblebeeappletree]

For thousands of years survival in Norway's countryside, where farms were miles from each other, meant complete self-sufficiency. Farmsteads were like small villages with several families living together and building their homes from logs and turf.

At Oslo's Norwegian Folk Museum, entire farmsteads have been transplanted here log-by-log by master carpenters who use traditional joinery techniques and knowledge of birch-bark roofs - a combination of birch bark and sod used since at least 300AD. These mini-villages also include elevated storehouses for food and textiles, as well as barns and saunas (not just for recreation, but also for laundry).

This open air museum has 160 buildings (mostly originals with a few reproductions), including one of the world's remaining stave churches dating back to 1200. The centuries-old wood is preserved by a traditional tarring method applied every 4 years.

There are also several city streets of "Old Town" Oslo with townhouses dating back to about 1700 and 19th and 20th Century interiors, including a mock-up of the apartment from Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House".

Open Air Museum https://norskfolkemuse...

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[samueldays]

Had a pleasant visit from @blogofex the past few days. We visited the Bygdøy peninsula with its several museums and got to see:

The Fram Museum of Polar Exploration, centered on the ship Fram ("Forth!" or "Forward!") and the several explorers who took it most of the way to both the North Pole and the South Pole during the Heroic Age.

"Nå må de skynde dem, ellers blir det for sent" (Now thou must hurry or else it will be too late) -Hjalmar Johansen as he was being attacked by a polar bear and called out to Fridtjof Nansen to get the gun faster.

"Nå tror jeg vi kan være dus med hverandre" (Now I think we can use the informal 'you' with each other) -Nansen to Johansen, several months later on that North Pole trip.

The Kon-Tiki Museum of Thor Heyerdahl's voyages, a man who was probably wrong about his theory of people rafting from Egypt to South America to Hawaii 3000 years ago.

Still, he got a lot of respect for testing part of his theory by building a raft at 3000 year old tech level and setting sail westward from Peru, with no previous experience but a lot of people telling him "You are going to die if you do this". He lived.

The Norwegian Culture and History Museum, somewhat vaguely named, with a wide collection of exhibits showing what Norway was "like" in the past, from looms and stables to plaster ceilings and priestly chasubles.

Also a stave church, originally from the 13th century, refurbished 18th century, with fancy wood panels.

Best wishes in next country, tourist man!

[faradaysketches]

Typical Norwegian Scene: A Stave Church and Motor Homes. Lom. June 2024 As I was drawing this two men dressed up and driving a classic Ford Thunderbird drove up, got out and filmed and interviewed me as part of their trans-Norway rally. I had to swear in Norwegian and they gave me a beer.

[rune-folk]

Hei, Hei!

Welcome to my blog!

I’m a 29 year old woman living in Norway, and you can call me Runa!

This blog is about Norse Myth, Norse Aesthetic, Nature, as well as other things that simply make me happy. So, I want to share things that excite me or make me smile.

I post my own photography, ramblings about the myths, or even about my own life. If personal stuff does not interest you, I tag all that with #runarambles so you can simply block that tag!

I am in a weird spot between being an atheist and believing in the Norse Gods, it is quite complicated and I don't fully understand where I am standing myself. I am mostly devoted to Oðin, because he has intervened in my life a lot, and is basically the reason why I am where I am.

I have a slight obsession with Figg, Frau Holle, Frau Perchta and Baba Yaga, who are four figures in Norse, Germanic, Alpine and Slavic folklore that are very interconnected. In general, I am very interested in exploring Germanic Paganism, Slavic Paganism and Alpine Folk Traditions, because these are the places my family comes from, and I want to know more about it.

In my everyday life, I am a scientist, and speak German, English and Norwegian. I am not a native English speaker, so if something I write sounds weird, I am sorry.

I enjoy sewing and making my own clothes, am also into historical sewing and re-enactment, and love water-colour painting, and writing stories. I am engaged in historical fencing (with the Longsword, Dagger, Sword and Buckler, and Langes Messer), love history, and enjoy learning new things, going to museums and ancient places, and wandering through nature.

That is about everything, I suppose!

Profile Picture: me in the forests around the Celtic village in Schwarzenbach, Austria

Header Image: a picture I took of Borgund Stave Church, Norway

My photography sideblog is @forestruin

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And an important Disclaimer at the end:

Sadly this has to be said, as the Norse community is overrun with bigots.

I strongly believe that the interest in Norse culture should be inclusive and open to everyone who resonates with it. I am a feminist, and strongly disapprove of racists, misogynists and homophobes, who appropriate the Norse symbols for their disgusting agendas. You have obviously not understood (or even read) the stories and poems, if you think that Norse believe and your bigotery are in any way compatible.

Women are amazing and not less than men, they are not your property, but multidimensional human beings worthy of dignity and respect! You are not better than anyone else, because of the colour of your skin, or the country of your birth!

Therefore:

Do NOT follow me if you are a right wing idiot, US American patriot with a gun fetish (I mean it! I will block you!), Odinist, misogynistic patriarch, hyper masculine Grimfrost-dude-bro, or any other kind of these people, who have to compensate their fragile masculinity by trying to be overly #Viking

I do check every blog that follows me and instantly block 1) the kind of people mentioned above 2) p*rn blogs and 3) empty blogs (aka no name, header, reblogs. idc if you are a real person, as a tumblr veteran this screams bot to me).

That is all!

Ha det bra! ~

[letsgethaunted]

Episode 202: The Mayhem Murder, A Black Metal Conspiracy Photodump

Episode 202: The Mayhem Murder, A Black Metal Conspiracy *IS LIVE*! Image 01: At the forefront of the Norwegian black metal scene was “Mayhem”, a band which became famous for their demonic sound and live displays of violence and gore. Pictured here: Front man “Dead” (left) and founder/guitarist “Euronymous” (right) in their signature corpse paint. Image 02: Euronymous founded Mayhem under his own label with himself as the front man. Image 03-04: In an attempt to secure himself a role in Mayhem, “Morbid” front man Dead sent a letter requesting consideration as lead singer. The handwritten letter included his blood stains and a crucified rat atop an upside down cross. Dead was said to sniff decaying animal carcasses before performances and cut himself live on stage. Image 05: In April of 1991, Dead’s corpse was discovered by Euronymous with a shotgun wound to the head. Euronymous allegedly sent photo postcards of the death scene out to other black metal bands along with pieces of Dead’s cranium to be used as amulets. Pieces of Dead’s skull can be occasionally found online for sale (pictured). Image 06: The bootleg “Dawn of the Black Hearts” Mayhem album features cover art of Dead’s corpse. Image 07: Mayhem’s new bassist, “Burzum” founder Varg Vikernes, aimed to bring attention to the black metal scene by publicly burning Christian churches in Norway. Image 08: By 1996, over 50 churches in Norway had been attacked, all publicly believed to be associated with the black metal crowd. The cover of Burzum’s “Aske” (ashes) album features the destroyed Fantoft Stave Church of Norway. Image 09: To avoid criminal association with the black metal scene, Euronymous shut down his black metal label and record shop. Varg denounced Euronymous’s decision. Image 10: In August of 1993, Varg stabbed Euronymous to death with a pocket knife and served 21 years in prison for his crime. In light of the situation and cultural implications of the 80s/90s “Satanic Panic”, public opinion of whether or not something darker lingered within the Mayhem lyrics has always been hotly debated. What do you guys think? Is the murder regular haunted or is it hAuNtEd?