Garðar kirkja has moved.
The small, mountain-village of Gol threatend to sell the stave church in parts in the 1870ies, so it was bought for 200 kroner and moved to what became the open museum of Bygdøy in Oslo in 1884. Only three churches are not placed in a fjord or on the mountains, and two of them have been moved there later, Fantoft in Bergen and this one, Oslo. The third is on an island (Grip stavkyrkje).
Gol stavkyrkje is a hyper version of a stave church, and the dragons and decorations are much loved both by the locals and visitors.
It is owned by the Norwegian king, kong Harald 5th. And there is a copy of this in USA, North-Dakota of course.
Btw, Gol regretted its energy to have the old one sold-off, and have also made a copy.
The map shows where the churches are.
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