Vågå church (1626–28) and Ringebu Stave Church (1630). The project was carried out in 1663. It included removing all of the open-air corridors surrounding the church. The church was enlarged by adding a transept wing to the north and south of the nave, creating a cruciform floor plan. This new addition was built using the old stave construction methods so it would look like the rest of the old stave church. A sacristy was also built on the north side of the choir during this project. Larger windows were installed in the church at this time as well. The interior of the nave had a flat ceiling installed, covering up the vaulted ceiling that had been in place before. In 1814, this church served as an election church (). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year. A complete restoration of the building took place in 1933. In 1973, the church underwent another large renovation with the goal of improving the thermal insulation of the building. The floors were removed and before rebuilding them, a large archaeological excavation was conducted to investigate the history of the church. The excavations uncovered artifacts including more than 2,000 coins. Also, evidence of the previous church building on the same site was uncovered, dating the establishment of the church to the 11th century. Afterwards, new insulated floors were built inside the church. In 2010, the exterior of the church was tarred again, giving it a much darker appearance. Media gallery References Related reading External links Lom stave church in Stavkirke.org Lom, Norway Churches in Innlandet Stave churches in Norway Cruciform churches in Norway Wooden churches in Norway 12th-century churches in Norway 11th-century establishments in Norway Norwegian election church