Skaga stave church

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Skaga stave church is a reconstructed stave church in Tiveden, Töreboda municipality, Västra Götalands län county, Sweden.

The church is from 2001, but it traces back to 1130 when the first church is said to have been built by Skaga, the daughter of the Viking Ramunder the Evil.

According to folklore, the church was forgotten during the Black Death and rediscovered by two bear hunters several centuries later.

During the 19th century the church administration in Skara decided to demolish the church. One of the reasons is said to be persisting heathen beliefs in the area, possibly concerning the pagan sacrifices at Trollkyrka. Another possible reason was that the church itself by that time had taken a more pagan shape. The bishopry couldn't accept this and had the church destroyed. This is a fate it shared with many other churches in Scandinavia.

In 1950, the church was reconstructed and in 1960, it once again became a parish church. In 2001 the church was destroyed by fire, but was yet again reconstructed.

External links

[Skaga stave church] in [Skagagården], — in Swedish

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