{{short description|Church in Trøndelag, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Byneset Church |full_name = Byneset kirke |former_name = St. Michael's Church<br />({{lang|no|Sankt Michaelskirken}}) |image = Byneset Kirke.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|63.3558414627|10.11579975485|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Trondheim Municipality]], [[Trøndelag]] |country = [[Norway]] |dedication = [[Michael (archangel)|St. Michael]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |previous_denomination = [[Catholic Church]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Nidaros|Nidaros bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Heimdal og Byåsen prosti]] |parish = Byneset og Leinstrand |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = {{Circa|1140}} |groundbreaking = {{Circa|1140}} |consecrated = c. 1180 |completed = c. {{Start date and age|p=y|1180|br=y}} |closed = |events = |architect = |architectural_type = [[Long church]] |style = [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] |materials = Stone |capacity = 230 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Automatically protected |ID = 83980 }} }}
'''Byneset Church''' ({{langx|no|Byneset kirke}}) is a medieval [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Trondheim Municipality]] in [[Trøndelag]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Byneset]] area of the [[city of Trondheim]]. It is one of the churches for the ''Byneset og Leinstrand'' [[parish]] which is part of the [[Heimdal og Byåsen prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]]. The white, plastered stone church was built in a [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|long church]] design during the 12th century using plans drawn up by an unknown [[architect]]. The church seats about 230 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Byneset kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/160100301 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2018-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Byneset Church |url=http://www.byneset.net/engelsk/bynesetchurch.htm |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-04-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723034133/http://www.byneset.net/engelsk/bynesetchurch.htm |archivedate=2011-07-23}}</ref>
==History== The white, stone church was [[consecrate]]d as ''St. Michaelskirken'' and dedicated to the [[Archangel]] [[Michael (archangel)|Michael]]. The year of [[consecration]] is not exactly known, but it is assumed that it was about 1180 during the time of [[Eysteinn Erlendsson]] (''Øystein Erlendsson''), the Archbishop of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nidaros|Archdiocese of Nidaros]]. The same mason signatures on this building are also found at the [[Nidaros Cathedral]], indicating that the same masons were used in the construction of both churches. The church is built of stone in a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style and is a [[long church]] design. The construction likely began around the year 1140 and lasted about 40 years, with its completion around 1180. The tower was built around the year 1650. In 1656, a [[church porch]] was constructed in front of the west gate. The church was renovated in 1811.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Michaelskirken på Stein |url=http://www.bynesethistorielag.no/historie/byneset-kirke/ |publisher=Byneset historielag |accessdate=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Audun Dybdahl |title=Øystein Erlendsson |url=https://nbl.snl.no/%C3%98ystein_Erlendsson |publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon |accessdate=2018-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Odd Roger |date=2011-12-04 |title=Byneset kirke |url=http://www.byneset.net/?s=Byneset+kirke |publisher=Byneset Historielag |accessdate=2016-10-01}}</ref><ref name="kms">{{Cite web |title=Byneset kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=83980 |access-date=2021-06-20 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Byneset kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/trondelag/byneset-kirke/ |access-date=2021-06-21 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
In 1814, this church served as an [[election church]] ({{langx|no|valgkirke}}).<ref name="lhw">{{Cite web |title=Valgkirkene |url=https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Valgkirkene |access-date=2021-06-21 |website=LokalHistorieWiki.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref> 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 [[prestegjeld|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 at [[Eidsvoll Manor]] later that year.<ref name="lhw" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Om valgene |url=http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections |access-date=2021-06-21 |website=Valgene i 1814 |publisher=Arkivverket |language=Norwegian |archive-date=24 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205923/http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The [[baroque]] [[altarpiece]] dates from 1695 and is richly decorated depicting the [[Crucifixion of Jesus]]. When the church was restored in the 1960s, several late 15th century paintings were uncovered which featured the themes of the [[Seven deadly sins]] and [[Last Judgment|Judgment Day]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Byneset kirke |url=http://kunsthistorie.com/fagwiki/Byneset_kirke |publisher=Kunsthistorie |accessdate=2018-09-01}}</ref>
==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> Altertavlen i Byneset kirke (1980).jpg|Church Altarpiece (1695) Byneset kirke, Sør-Trøndelag - Riksantikvaren-T364 01 0001.jpg|Exterior view Byneset-portal.jpg|Door into the church Byneset - capital east.jpg|Exterior capital on a corner piller carving Byneset kirke - Judgment Day (1980).jpg|Mural of Judgment Day Byneset kirke - Seven Deadly Sins (1980).jpg|Mural of the Seven Deadly Sins Detalj fra Altertavlen i Byneset kirke (1980).jpg|Detail of altarpiece </gallery>
==See also== *[[List of churches in Nidaros]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Byneset Church}}
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