Lade Church

{{short description|Church in Trøndelag, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Lade Church |full_name = Lade kirke |former_name = |image = Trondheim Ladekirke.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|63.446200146|10.4385933547|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Trondheim Municipality]], [[Trøndelag]] |country = [[Norway]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |previous_denomination = [[Catholic Church]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Nidaros|Nidaros bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Nidaros domprosti]] |parish = Lade |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = c. 1140 |consecrated = c. 1160 |completed = c. {{Start date and age|p=y|1160|br=y}} |closed = |events = |architect = |architectural_type = [[Long church]] |style = |materials = Stone |capacity = 160 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Automatically protected |ID = 84881 }} }}

'''Lade Church''' ({{langx|no|Lade Kirke}}) is one of [[Norway]]'s oldest existing stone churches. It is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Trondheim Municipality]] in [[Trøndelag]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Lade, Trondheim|Lade]] neighborhood in the [[city of Trondheim]], just southeast of [[Korsvika]] and east of [[Ladehammeren]]. It is the church for the Lade [[parish]] which is part of the [[Nidaros domprosti]] (arch-[[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]]. The white, plastered stone church was built in a [[long church]] style around the year 1160. The church seats about 160 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lade kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/160100501 |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>

==History== The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1293, but the church was built before that time. The first church was likely a wooden [[stave church]] that was built in the 10th century. Soon after the church was replaced with a small stone church. The present church was likely built in the 12th century, making it one of [[Norway]]'s oldest existing stone churches. Nobody knows exactly when it was built, but the initial construction probably began during the 1130s and it was completed around 1160. The building was designed in a [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style. The [[nave]] measures about {{convert|16.5|x|10.7|m}} and the [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] is {{convert|7.1|x|7.4|m}}. The church was located on the Lade estate which was a [[Crown Estate]] starting under [[Harald Hårfagre]].<ref name="kms">{{Cite web |title=Lade kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=84881 |access-date=2021-06-13 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Lade kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/trondelag/lade-kirke/ |access-date=2021-06-18 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

During the 17th century, the [[nave]] was almost completely rebuilt, possibly finishing in 1694 since that number is carved into one of the nave walls. During the wars with [[Sweden]] (and again later during [[World War II]]), the church was used as a food stock. The [[altarpiece]] dates back to 1709 when it was received as a gift from Ellen Rovert from the nearby Lade Gård estate. There is actually a [[swastika]] inscribed in a stone in the wall near the [[altar]]. In 1767, a wooden entry porch was added on the west end of the building. In 1800, a new tower was built atop the church roof.<ref name="kms" /><ref name="NK" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lade menighet |title=Lade kirke |url=http://lade.kirken.trondheim.no/index.php?c=28&kat=Kirka&&p=21 |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2011-03-25 |archive-date=11 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811013416/http://lade.kirken.trondheim.no/index.php?c=28&kat=Kirka&&p=21 |url-status=dead }}</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=2021-06-20 |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=2021-06-20 |website=Valgene i 1814 |publisher=Arkivverket |language=Norwegian |archive-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226201720/http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> LadeChurch1.jpg|Door to the church WLM2016 Lade kirke våpenhus.jpg|Entrance to the church WLM2016 Lade kirke fra øst.jpg|Back of the church LadeChurch3.jpg|Churchyard LadeChurch2.jpg|View of the back Trondheim - Lade Church.jpg|Cemetery 1536 Trondhjem, Lade Kirke - no-nb digifoto 20150622 00357 bldsa PK19197.jpg|Exterior view (c. 1925) 58 Trondhjem. Lærerhøiskolen og Lade Kirke - no-nb digifoto 20150622 00348 bldsa PK19248.jpg|Exterior view (c. 1925) </gallery>

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

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[[Category:Churches in Trondheim]] [[Category:Churches in Trøndelag]] [[Category:Long churches in Norway]] [[Category:Stone churches in Norway]] [[Category:12th-century churches in Norway]] [[Category:10th-century establishments in Norway]] [[Category:Norwegian election churches]]