This is a list of Christian religious houses, both extant and dissolved, in Norway, for both men and women. All those before the Reformation were of course Catholic; the modern ones are a mixture of Catholic and Protestant communities.
Norwegian monasteries pre-Reformationedit
All Norway's medieval religious houses that were still extant were dissolved during the Reformation.
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This is a list of Christian religious houses both extant and dissolved in Norway for both men and women All those before the Reformation were of course Catholic the modern ones are a mixture of Catholic and Protestant communities Norwegian monasteries pre Reformation editAll Norway s medieval religious houses that were still extant were dissolved during the Reformation Religious house Location County Region Dedication Order NotesBakke Abbey Trondheim Bakke gard Sor Trondelag nuns of unknown order possibly Benedictine c 1150 1537Franciscan friary Bergen Bergen Hordaland Franciscan friars 1240s 1537Hospital of St Anthony Bergen Bergen Hordaland Saint Anthony Order of St Anthony 1507 1528 the premises were previously Nonneseter Abbey BergenSt John s Priory Bergen 1 Jonsklosteret Bergen Hordaland Saint John the Baptist Augustinian Canons mid 12th cy 1450Dragsmark Abbey Marieskog Uddevalla Bahuslen now Bohuslan in Sweden Blessed Virgin Mary Premonstratensian Canons 1230 x 1260 2 1532Elgeseter Priory formerly Helgeseter Priory Trondheim Sor Trondelag Augustinian Canons before 1183 1546Gimsoy Abbey Skien Telemark Benedictine nuns 1st half of the 12th cy c 1540Halsnoy Abbey Kvinnherad island of Halsnoy Hordaland Augustinian Canons 1163 64 1536St Olav s Priory Hamar Olavsklosteret pa Hamar Hamar Hedmark Saint Olav Dominican friars The existence of this Dominican priory is known from a single reference in 1511 3 Holmen Priory Bergen Holmen Hordaland Dominican friars 1243 x 1247 1528Hovedoya Abbey Oslo island of Hovedoya Oslo Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Edmund the Martyr Cistercian monks 1147 1532Kastelle Priory 1 Konghelle later Kungahalla Bahuslen now Bohuslan in Sweden Augustinian Canons 1161 x 1181 1529Konghelle Friary Konghelle later Kungahalla Bahuslen now Bohuslan in Sweden Franciscan friars 1263 x 1272 1532Lyse Abbey Os Hordaland Cistercian monks 1146 1536Marstrand Friary Marstrand Bahuslen now Bohuslan in Sweden Franciscan friars in existence by 1291 entirely demolished in 1532 exact location unknownMunkeby Abbey Levanger Okkenhaug Nord Trondelag Cistercian monks founded before 1180 apparently relocated to Tautra Abbey c 1200 x 1207Munkeliv Abbey Bergen Nordnes Hordaland Saint Michael Benedictine monks to 1426 thereafter Bridgettine nuns c 1110 1531Nidarholm Abbey Trondheim on Munkholmen Sor Trondelag Saint Benedict and Saint Lawrence Benedictine monks c 1100 1537 4 Nonneseter Abbey Bergen Bergen Hordaland Blessed Virgin Mary Cistercian nuns ejected in 1507 premises given to the Hospital Brothers of St Anthony c 1150 1507Nonneseter Abbey Oslo Oslo Schweigaardsgaten and Gronlandsleiret Oslo Blessed Virgin Mary Benedictine nuns early 12th cy 1547 5 St Olav s Priory Oslo Olavsklosteret i Oslo Oslo Oslo Saint Olav Dominican friars 1239 before 1546Franciscan Friary Oslo Oslo Oslo Franciscan friars before 1291 1530s or 1540sRein Abbey Rissa Sor Trondelag Saint Andrew noblewomen s collegiate foundation shortly after 1226 1532Selje Abbey Selje island of Selja Sogn og Fjordane Saint Alban Benedictine monks c 1100 1461 x 1474St Olav s Abbey Stavanger Olavsklosteret i Stavanger 6 Stavanger Rogaland Saint Olav Augustinian Canons founded before 1160 transferred to Utstein c 1263 x 1280Tautra Abbey or Tutero Abbey Frosta island of Tautra Nord Trondelag Cistercian monks 1207 1532St Olav s Abbey Tonsberg Olavsklosteret i Tonsberg Tonsberg Vestfold Saint Olav Premonstratensians 2nd half of the 12th century before 1191 1532Franciscan Friary Tonsberg Tonsberg Vestfold Franciscan friars before 1236 1536Bridgettine Priory Trondheim Trondheim Sor Trondelag Bridgettine nuns dates tbeDominican Priory Trondheim Trondheim Sor Trondelag Dominican friars before 1234 1531Franciscan Friary Trondheim Trondheim Sor Trondelag Franciscan friars before 1472 1532Utstein Abbey Rennesoy island of Mosteroy Rogaland Saint Lawrence Augustinian Canons founded 1263 x 1280 to replace St Olav s Abbey Stavanger dissolved 1537Varna Abbey Rygge Vaerne gard Ostfold Knights Hospitallers 2nd half of the 12th century 1532Norwegian monasteries post Reformation editAll of the following are less than thirty years old Engen Community Kolbu in Toten Protestant deaconesses of the French Communaute des Diaconesses de Reuilly 1 Fjordenes Dronning Abbey Storfjord near Stamsund and Lofoten Cistercian monks Heimdal Abbey Bridgettines Hovin in Telemark Trappist monks Hoysteinane Priory Larvik Poor Clares Lunden Convent Linderud Oslo Dominican sisters St Dominic s Convent Oslo Dominican sisters St Hallvard s Church and Monastery Enerhaugen Oslo Franciscan friars Tautra Abbey Tautra Mariakloster Tautra Trappist nuns Totus Tuus Convent Tromso Carmelite sistersNotes edit a b possibly an abbey or possibly 1234 Diplomatarium Norvegicum IV Christiania 1055 there is an unsubstantiated tradition of an earlier foundation by King Canute in 1028 the nunnery s assets had been expropriated by 1547 but the nuns seem to have remained in residence for several decades longer may also have been known as Kleiva klosterSources editNorske middelalderkloster in Norwegian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Christian monasteries in Norway amp oldid 1166631330, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
