Fantoft Stave Church

[1] The church was originally built around the year 1150 at Fortun in Sogn, a village near the inner or eastern end of Sognefjord.

Fantoft Stave Church was bought by consul Fredrik Georg Gade and saved by moving it in pieces to Fana near Bergen in 1883.

He was also charged with the burning of Fantoft Stave Church, although the jurors voted not guilty.

Reconstruction of the church began soon after the fire, taking six years to complete.

[4][5] A photograph of the church's burnt shell appeared on the cover of the 1993 Burzum EP Aske (Norwegian for "ashes").