Hausken Church

{{short description|Church in Rogaland, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Hausken Church |full_name = Hausken kyrkje |former_name = |image = Hausken kirke.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|59.10058|5.68888|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Stavanger Municipality]], [[Rogaland]] |country = [[Norway]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Stavanger|Stavanger bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Tungenes prosti]] |parish = Rennesøy |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = 13th century |consecrated = 1857 |completed = 1857 |closed = |events = |architect = [[Christian Heinrich Grosch]] |architectural_type = [[Long church]] |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 250 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Not protected |ID = 84509 }} }}

'''Hausken Church''' ({{langx|no|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 [[Rennesøy (island)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hausken kyrkje |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/718 |access-date=2020-10-22 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2020-10-22 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=no}}</ref>

==History== [[File:Hausken kirke Hausken kyrkje, Rogaland - Riksantikvaren-T234 01 0056.jpg|thumb|left|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 (architecture)|choir]] was retained.<ref name="kms">{{Cite web |title=Hausken kirkested - Rennesøy kirkested |url=https://kulturminnesok.no/minne/?queryString=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.kulturminne.no%2Faskeladden%2Flokalitet%2F84509 |access-date=2020-10-22 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=no}}</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=2021-01-31 |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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205923/http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections |archive-date=24 June 2021 |access-date=2021-01-31 |website=Valgene i 1814 |publisher=Arkivverket |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

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.<ref name="kms" />

==See also== *[[List of churches in Rogaland]]

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Churches in Stavanger]] [[Category:Wooden churches in Norway]] [[Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1857]] [[Category:13th-century establishments in Norway]] [[Category:Norwegian election churches]]