Kolbjørn Stjern: Nidarosdomen, Trondheim, Norway

About Nidarosdomen in Trondheim, Norway

Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim, Nidaros Cathedral, really, is the most important church, because it is St. Olav's grave church. It is today a Lutheran cathedral and parish church and regarded both as Norway's national sanctuary and as the coronation church (although it no longer carried the royal coronations in Norway). The Norwegian Constitution of 1814 established that the Kingdom of Norway regent be crowned in Trondheim. Nidaros Cathedral was last used as the coronation church in 1906, when Haakon VII was crowned. After Parliament in 1908 abolished the coronation ceremony, the church has been used for the signing of the Regent. The Norwegian Crown Jewels have been kept in the church and is now on display in the Archbishop's Palace, just a few meters away.

After the Reformation

After the Reformation continued the church as a cathedral in Trondheim staple for the Lutheran superintendent , who replaced Bishop . From 1578 , the church parish church of a Lutheran parish - Nidaros Cathedral church - and still is . Superintendent - office of bishop regained the title in 1660 in the Lutheran Diocese , but the Lutheran bishop had not archbishop's rank and was not primate . King in Copenhagen was head of the church , and Trondheim was no longer present ecclesiastical capital.
Nidaros Cathedral is a cathedral in the European context , although the size can not compete with the largest and most magnificent cathedrals in France, Germany and England. Of the medieval episcopal churches in the Norwegian church province has otherwise only Stavanger Cathedral Magnus Cathedral in Orkney who have survived . Cathedral of Bergen is almost entirely disappeared, and Hallvard's Cathedral in Oslo cathedral in Hamar , only ruins remain. Nidaros Cathedral is the only church in Norway that has a fully developed Gothic basilica with aspire arches. Unlike any other Lutheran parishes in Norway is the structural responsibility not a municipal responsibility , but from 1869 attended the national budget , with the creation of building the cottage Trondheim Cathedral Restoration Workshop . From 1929 is the name of building the cottage of Nidaros Cathedral Restoration Workshop .

See one of Europe's largest musical instrument be mounted in the cathedral

Quick facts about Nidarosdomen:

Until 1537, it went under the name "Cor Norvegiae" meaning the heart of Norway.
Nidaros Cathedral, with its size and construction is the only real cathedral in Norway.
The church was originally just a small chapel of wood that was built around the year 1030.
Nidaros Cathedral has undergone five major fires.
After the 1719 fire from a lightening strike, the Protestants rebuilt the top of the octagon with a Baroque dome.
Octagon to the east is the best preserved part from the medieval age.
The church was an important pilgrimage destination for Northern Europe in the early days.
Nidarosdomen church organ have over 9600 organ pipes.
It was built over the burial site of Saint Olaf.