Heimaey stave church

The Heimaey stave church is located on the belonging to the Icelandic island of Heimaey Vestmannaeyjar.

The church is a modern copy of a medieval stave church. The Lom in Norway after the submission of the rod Church Haltdalen designed and shipped to Iceland construction was passed on 30 July 2000 as a gift from Norway to Iceland. The memorial church was built on the occasion of the millennial anniversary of the year 1000 by the Norwegian King Olav Tryggvason in Iceland I. established church; However, this church was not a stave church. Olav I was one of the first Christian king of Norway and drove the Christianization of Norway in progress.