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Kvikne Churchyard

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Location	:	Nord-Fron, Nord-Fron kommune, Norway
Coordinate	:	61.5744000, 9.5873500
Description	:	The Kvikne Churchyard surrounds the Kvikne Kyrkje (Church), located on Fv (highway) 255, about 12.6 kilometers west of the City of Vinstra. The present Kvikne Church, a cruciform log church with central steeple, was built in 1764 by Kvikne native Per Korpberget on the grounds of the Sylte farm on the site of the previous church. A flood in July 1789 ("Storofsen": the great flood) severely damaged the church, when a landslide broke in the upper wall of the church, filling the church with earth and mud. In 1789-90, the church was moved to higher ground, on the Tune... Read More	The Kvikne Churchyard surrounds the Kvikne Kyrkje (Church), located on Fv (highway) 255, about 12.6 kilometers west of the City of Vinstra. The present Kvikne Church, a cruciform log church with central steeple, was built in 1764 by Kvikne native Per Korpberget on the grounds of the Sylte farm on the site of the previous church. A flood in July 1789 ("Storofsen": the great flood) severely damaged the church, when a landslide broke in the upper wall of the church, filling the church with earth and mud. In 1789-90, the church was moved to higher ground, on the Tune farm, where it still stands, with the move and reconstruction being supervised by Per Korpberget or his son Jehans. It is likely that the cemetery at this site dates only to 1789. The former cemetery site on Sylte is called "Kjørkjeåkeren" (the church field) (decimal coordinates: 61.5708 9.6138). Sources disagree somewhat on whether the Kvikne Church was built and re-built by Peder (Per) Johnsen Korpberget (ca. 1725-1802) or by his son Johannes (Jehans, John) Pedersen Korpberget (ca. 1752-1823), though the son was too young to have built it in 1764. Iva Olsen Kampesæter of Skåbu made the metalwork on the church steeple in 1763, and the steeple has or had this date and the initials I. O. S. The lock on the main entrance door has or had the initials T. T. S. and 1766, for Tord Torgersen, born on Kvålen in Skåbu (1729-1795), locksmith, gunsmith, and farmer on Risdal in Skåbu. The woodcarver Østen (Eystein, Estin) Guttormsen Kjørren from Heidal (1727-1805) carved the altarpiece and pulpit, copied somewhat from those in the Heidal church that burned in 1933. The crucifix (ca. 1.26 meters high) was carved by the Fron "klokker" (sexton) Christen Erlandsen Listad (1726-1802), who is said to have carried it on his shoulder the whole way from Listad in Sør-Fron to the Kvikne Church, about 22 kilometers. Older records spell the name Quichne or Qvickne (and other variations), sometimes calling it the Quichne Annex Kirke (annex church) of Froen Parish. The earliest reference to Kvikne Parish is in a document dated 31 March 1321. As is usual in Europe, graves here are re-used. Kvikne's custom is likely similar to that of other nearby cemeteries, in which a grave can be re-used after 20 years unless the family pays an annual fee and families are usually buried at the same spot. Many removed gravestones are leaned against the inside of the low wall that surrounds the Kvikne Churchyard.

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