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Garmo stave church
Garmo stave church is a stave church situated in a museum park called Maihaugen in Lillehammer, Norway. The church originally came from Lom and was built around 1150 AD on a site to a previous church which is belived to be built in 1021 by a viking chieftain. The church consist of 17th and 18th century inventory with a pulpit from Romsdalen. In 1882 however, the church was finally disassembled and sold to Anders Sandvig , who brought it to Lillehammer. However, it was not re-erected at Maihaugen before during 1920-1921, where it resides as one of the most visited stave churches in Norway and a part of the Sandvig Collections at Maihaugen in Lillehammer today.
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