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Did Håkon the good build a church on Veøya?

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Håkon the good was the King of Norway from around 933 to 961. He was the youngest son of Harald Fairhair. At the age of 10 he was sent to England to be raised by King Athelstan. Therefore, he was also known as Adalsteinfostre. When he was 15 he returned to Norway and was proclaimed King. By the time Håkon returned, Christianity had already been in Norway for many hundreds of years, both amongst individuals and small groups. But those were individual cases and had not affected society in a decisive way. During his time in England Håkon encountered Christianity and he was the first King to attempt to introduce Christianity into Norway. Snorre tells that Håkon brought Priests with him and built three churches in Møre. Håkon did not manage to Christianise Norway. According to Snorre, people came south from Trøndelag and killed the priests and burnt the churches. We cannot say for sure, but it is not unlikely due to the central position that Veøya held at that time, that one of the churches built by Håkon the good would have been built here on Veøya. The drawings in the pictures give us a good idea as to what such a church would have looked like and also perhaps a Royal estate. The painting in the picture is painted by Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1860 and is taken from Wikimedia. You can read more about Håkon the good here: https://www.nrk.no/kultur/hakon-1-_haraldsson_-adalsteinsfostre-_den-gode_-1.896477

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