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Church in Rogaland, Norway

Church in Rogaland, Norway

Hausken Church Hausken kyrkje View of the church Hausken Church 59°06′02″N 5°41′20″E / 59.10058°N 5.68888°E / 59.10058; 5.68888 Location Stavanger Municipality, Rogaland Country Norway Denomination Church of Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran History Status Parish church Founded 13th century Consecrated 1857 Architecture Functional status Active Architect Christian Heinrich Grosch Architectural type Long church Completed 1857 Specifications Capacity 250 Materials Wood Administration Diocese Stavanger bispedømme Deanery Tungenes prosti Parish Rennesøy Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site Type Church Status Not protected ID 84509

**Hausken Church** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Hausken kyrkje*) is a [parish church](/source/Parish_church) of the [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway) in the large [Stavanger Municipality](/source/Stavanger_Municipality) in [Rogaland](/source/Rogaland) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located in the village of [Vikevåg](/source/Vikev%C3%A5g) on the [island of Rennesøy](/source/Rennes%C3%B8y_(island)). It is one of the two churches for the Rennesøy [parish](/source/Parish) which is part of the [Tungenes prosti](/source/Tungenes_prosti) ([deanery](/source/Deanery)) in the [Diocese of Stavanger](/source/Diocese_of_Stavanger). The white, wooden church was built in a [long church](/source/Long_church) design in 1857 using designs by the [architect](/source/Architect) [Christian Heinrich Grosch](/source/Christian_Heinrich_Grosch). The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]

## 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](/source/Stave_church). In 1752, the old church was heavily renovated. The [nave](/source/Nave) was torn down and rebuilt, but the old [choir](/source/Choir_(architecture)) was retained.[3]

In 1814, this church served as an [election church](/source/Election_church) ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *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](/source/Norwegian_Constituent_Assembly) which wrote the [Constitution of Norway](/source/Constitution_of_Norway). This was Norway's first national elections. Each [church parish](/source/Prestegjeld) 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](/source/Eidsvoll_Manor) 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

- [List of churches in Rogaland](/source/List_of_churches_in_Rogaland)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Hausken kyrkje"](https://kirkesok.no/kirke/718). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker"](http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm) (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kms_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kms_3-1) ["Hausken kirkested - Rennesøy kirkested"](https://kulturminnesok.no/minne/?queryString=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.kulturminne.no%2Faskeladden%2Flokalitet%2F84509) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). Retrieved 22 October 2020.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lhw_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lhw_4-1) ["Valgkirkene"](https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Valgkirkene). *LokalHistorieWiki.no* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 31 January 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Om valgene"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205923/http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections). *Valgene i 1814* (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from [the original](http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections) on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

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