The Urnes style is an art style from the late Scandinavian Iron Age, used around c. 1050–1125 AD.
The name of the style comes from the ornamentation on the portal of the Urnes stave church in Vestland County, Norway, and was coined by the Norwegian archaeologist Haakon Shetelig (1877–1955) in 1909.
The term Urnes style can also refer to what is known as the younger runestone style.
Cover Image: Urnes Stav Church. Image: WikiArt
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