List of Christian monasteries in Norway

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.

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Norwegian monasteries pre-Reformation All Norway's medieval religious houses that were still extant were dissolved during the Reformation.

Religious houseLocationPresent-day countyDedicationOrderNotesBakke AbbeyTrondheim, Bakke gårdTrøndelagnuns of unknown order, possibly Benedictinec. 1150 - 1537Franciscan friary, BergenBergenVestlandFranciscan friars1240s - 1537Hospital of St. Anthony, BergenBergenVestlandSaint AnthonyOrder of St. Anthony1507–1528; the premises were previously Nonneseter Abbey, BergenSt. John's Priory, Bergenpossibly an abbey (Jonsklosteret)BergenVestlandSaint John the BaptistAugustinian Canonsmid-12th cy - 1450Dragsmark Abbey (Marieskog)UddevallaBåhuslen (now Bohuslän in Sweden) Blessed Virgin MaryPremonstratensian Canons1230 x 1260or possibly 1234 - 1532Elgeseter Priory, formerly Helgeseter PrioryTrondheimTrøndelagAugustinian Canonsbefore 1183 - 1546Gimsøy AbbeySkien TelemarkBenedictine nuns1st half of the 12th cy - c. 1540Halsnøy AbbeyIsland of Halsnøya (Kvinnherad)VestlandAugustinian Canons1163/64 - 1536St. Olav's Priory, Hamar (Olavsklosteret på Hamar)HamarInnlandetSaint OlavDominican friarsThe existence of this Dominican priory is known from a single reference in 1511Diplomatarium Norvegicum IV. Christiania. 1055Holmen PrioryHolmen, BergenVestlandDominican friars1243 x 1247 - 1528Hovedøya Abbey Island of Hovedøya (Oslo)OsloBlessed Virgin Mary and Saint Edmund the MartyrCistercian monks1147-1532Kastelle PrioryKonghelle (later Kungahålla)Båhuslen (now Bohuslän in Sweden)Augustinian Canons1161 x 1181 - 1529Konghelle FriaryKonghelle (later Kungahålla)Båhuslen (now Bohuslän in Sweden)Franciscan friars1263 x 1272 - 1532Lyse AbbeyOsVestlandCistercian monks1146-1536Marstrand FriaryMarstrandBåhuslen (now Bohuslän in Sweden)Franciscan friarsin existence by 1291; entirely demolished in 1532; exact location unknownMunkeby Abbey Okkenhaug, LevangerTrøndelagCistercian monksfounded before 1180; apparently relocated to Tautra Abbey c. 1200 x 1207Munkeliv AbbeyNordnes, BergenVestlandSaint MichaelBenedictine monks to 1426, thereafter Bridgettine nunsc. 1110 - 1531Nidarholm AbbeyMunkholmen island in TrondheimTrøndelagSaint Benedict and Saint LawrenceBenedictine monksc. 1100 - 1537there is an unsubstantiated tradition of an earlier foundation by King Canute in 1028Nonneseter Abbey, BergenBergenVestlandBlessed Virgin MaryCistercian nuns, ejected in 1507; premises given to the Hospital Brothers of St. Anthonyc. 1150[?] - 1507Nonneseter Abbey, OsloSchweigaardsgaten and Grønlandsleiret in OsloOsloBlessed Virgin MaryBenedictine nunsearly 12th cy - 1547the nunnery's assets had been expropriated by 1547, but the nuns seem to have remained in residence for several decades longerSt. Olav's Priory, Oslo (Olavsklosteret i Oslo)OsloOsloSaint OlavDominican friars1239[?] - before 1546Franciscan Friary, OsloOsloOsloFranciscan friarsbefore 1291 - 1530s or 1540sRein AbbeyÅrnset, RissaTrøndelagSaint Andrewnoblewomen's collegiate foundationshortly after 1226 - 1532Selje AbbeyIsland of Selja in SeljeVestlandSaint AlbanBenedictine monksc. 1100 - 1461 x 1474St. Olav's Abbey, Stavanger (Olavsklosteret i Stavanger)may also have been known as Kleiva klosterStavangerRogalandSaint OlavAugustinian Canonsfounded before 1160; transferred to Utstein c. 1263 x 1280Tautra Abbey or Tuterø AbbeyIsland of Tautra, FrostaTrøndelagCistercian monks1207 - 1532St. Olav's Abbey, Tønsberg (Olavsklosteret i Tønsberg)TønsbergVestfoldSaint OlavPremonstratensians2nd half of the 12th century (before 1191) - 1532Franciscan Friary, TønsbergTønsbergVestfoldFranciscan friarsbefore 1236 - 1536Bridgettine Priory, TrondheimTrondheimTrøndelagBridgettine nunsdates tbeDominican Priory, TrondheimTrondheimTrøndelagDominican friarsbefore 1234 - 1531Franciscan Friary, TrondheimTrondheimTrøndelagFranciscan friarsbefore 1472 - 1532Utstein AbbeyIsland of Mosterøy in RennesøyRogalandSaint LawrenceAugustinian Canonsfounded 1263 x 1280 to replace St. Olav's Abbey, Stavanger; dissolved 1537Varna AbbeyVærne gård, RyggeØstfoldKnights Hospitallers2nd half of the 12th century - 1532

Norwegian monasteries post-Reformation All of the following are less than thirty years old.

Engen Community, Kolbu in Toten: Protestant deaconesses, of the French Communauté des Diaconesses de Reuilly Fjordenes Dronning Abbey, Storfjord near Stamsund in Lofoten: Cistercian monks Heimdal Abbey: Bridgettines Hovin in Telemark: Trappist monks Høysteinane 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, Tromsø: Carmelite sisters

Notes

Sources Norske middelalderkloster