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Granavollen[1] is a small village in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the northwest of the larger village of Gran and about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) to the southwest of Jaren.[3][4]

Granavollen is famed for the Sister Churches which are a pair of 12th century grey stone long churches,[5][6] as well as the Norse runestone carvings.[7][8][9]

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References

  1. ^ a b “Informasjon om stadnamn”. Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  2. ^ “Granavollen, Gran”. yr.no. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  3. ^ “Granavollen”. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  4. ^ “Granavollen”. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  5. ^ “Søsterkirkene – A landmark”. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  6. ^ “Local history”. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  7. ^ “Archived copy”. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ “Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker” (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  9. ^ “Church History”. granavolden.no. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2018.