Haug Church

The church has a pilgrim stamp - if the office is closed you will find it in a box outside. Here, you will also find drinking water, toilets, benches and a lovely garden.

Haug Church is built of stone, probably around 1200 and is located in Haugsbygd (formerly known as Vangsfjerdingen) in Ringsaker. This medieval church is mentioned in written sources from 1361 and in Bishop Eystein's land register of 1395. In the latter source however, a wooden church is mentioned. It is therefore assumed that the former church was a stave church.

In the 18th century the church was extended and further modifications was made in the second half of the the 19th century. During this restoration the church got new bells in the west tower, and a large number of coffins were excavated from the floor and moved to a common grave at the cemetery.