Norway: designs based on church carvings

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Norway 50 ore 2007.jpg

Norway, 50 øre, 2007.


Notice the country name, shown as NOREG, whereas it's normally shown as NORGE. But no, it's not a mistake.


The reverse shows a mythical animal known as a niddhog. Some describe this a dragon, others as a snake.

This design is based on a wood carving in a stave church at Urnes, in Norway.
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Norway 1 krone 2001.jpg

Norway, 1 krone, 2001.  Bird.


Apparently this design is based on a carving.

It is found on the portal of Hylestad Stave Church, Setesdal.

I cannot find an image of this wood carving. Can you help?
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Snakes-dragon-relief-church-Urnes-Sogn-og.jpg

Relief from the Urnes stave church.


Snakes intertwined with a dragon.

Carved relief at the Urnes stave church.

It is located in Lusterfjord, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.


Image © Nina Aldin Thune.
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Norway 10 kroner 2007.jpg

Norway, 10 kroner, 2007.


Here is another coin in the church-related set.

An interesting design but far too minimalistic.

It represents the roof of a stave church.

But from what angle does any such roof resemble the object in the design?
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Norway 5 kroner 2001.jpg

Norway, 5 kroner, 2001.



Another design in the set shows an acanthus plant.

It is rendered in the style of the Norwegian wood carver Ole Moene.
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Norway 20 kroner 1994.jpg

Norway, 20 kroner, 1994.


Here is the final coin in the series.

The 20 kroner depicts the prow of a Viking ship.
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Oseberg Viking ship.jpg

The Oseberg Viking ship.


The Oseberg Viking ship was found in 1904 outside Tønsberg in Vestfold.

It can be seen at the Museum of Cultural History, Norway.
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Pabitra

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Quote from: <k> on August 17, 2021, 03:03:37 PMNorway, 1 krone, 2001. Bird.


Apparently this design is based on the carving on the portal of Hylestad Stave Church, Setesdal.

I cannot find an image of this wood carving. Can you help?

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Portal.jpg

Thank you, Pabs. That enabled me to find it.
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Tolkien.jpg


I see it on this book cover, too.

The book by Tolkien has been translated into Romanian.
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chrisild

Quote from: <k> on August 17, 2021, 03:01:58 PM
Norway, 50 øre, 2007.

Notice the country name, shown as NOREG, whereas it's normally shown as NORGE. But no, it's not a mistake.

Right, those are simply two ways of writing the country's name. :) Written Norwegian comes in two variants, Nynorsk (preferred by 10 to 20 percent of the Norwegians) and Bokmål (the majority). That 50 øre coin is no longer in circulation, so today the 5 kr piece is the only one that says NOREG (Nynorsk). The Norwegian banknotes show NORGES BANK on one side, and NOREGS BANK on the other side.

As for the church roof (10 kr), I do not think it is supposed to be from a specific building. Now I may well be wrong, but in my opinion it rather represents that kind of architecture.

Christian

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Saint Olav's mark.



Norway 5 kroner 2007.jpg

Norway, 5 kroner, 2007.


Here you see the 5 kroner again, with this time its obverse too.


You see various symbols too, including St Olav's mark.

Though Christian in origin, it is a national symbol.

It is not reserved for Christians alone.
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