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. Bamble Church

Bamble Church is a large wooden structure dedicated in 1845. It was drawn and built by the renown minister G.A Lammers and is situated in a cultural area, right beside t...

. Borgestad Church

Borgestad Church was consecrated of 24 May 1907, and was a gift from Prime minister Gunnar Knutsen and his wife. Architect Henrik Nilsen, who took the English country ch...

. Brevik Church

Brevik Church was built in 1963. It is a work church with congreation rooms. The altarpiece was painted by Terje Grøstad. The church also has golden leather chairs made ...

. BØ OLD CHURCH

This is an old, stone church, built in the late 12th century, in the Romantic style and dedicated to Saint Olav. The interior is in the Renaissance style with a magnific...

. Churches in Tinn

Tinn has many beautiful churches. Atrå church dates back to 1836. The church is beautifully decorated with floral paintings by the talented local painter, Øystein Orekås...

. Eidanger Church

Eidanger church is one of the many stone churches built in Telemark in the 1100s. It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and built with 1.5 m thick cavity walls with carved...

. Eidsborg Stavechurch

Eidsborg Stave Church is one of Telemark's two stave churches....

. Gjerpen Church

Gjerpen Church lies on the northern edge of Skien and is a beautiful romanesque stone church built at some time in the twelfth century. It is dedicated to St Peter and S...

. Gulset Church

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. Herøya Church

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. Kragerø Kirke

Kragerø Church is a New Gothic church painted by Georg Andreas Bull and is built of brick. The church replaced the old Christi church from 1652, which was a wooden cross...

. Langesund Church

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BRUNKEBERG CHURCH

Brunkeberg church stands on the site of " Bruggaberg kirkja ", a stave church from about the beginning of the 13th century, which was pulled down before the present wood...

Churches in Telemark

Lårdal church Built in 1831 and decorated by Samuel Tveit in 1895. The vicarage is said to be one of the finest in the land. Mo church Sanctified in 1839. The alterpi...

Flatdal Church

Flatdal Church is a timbered long church, built in 1654 on the site of an earlier stave church. In 1923 Bishop Bernt Støylen arranged for the crucifix, altarpiece and th...

Grorud Chapel

At Grorud, in the north of the municipality, lies a chapel which was built during World War II. The foundation stone was laid on 5 July 1942, and the chapel was consecra...

Grunge Church

Grunge Church in Grungedal is a wooden church dating from 1850.

Heddal Stave Church

Norway's largest stave church built in the 1200s and still in use. Rose paintings from 1600's, "bishop's chair" and incence vessels from mediavel times. Guided tours in...

Karten Mountain Church

Karten Mountain Church was completed in 1982 after several years of hard work by local people and scouts.

Kviteseid old church

Kviteseid Old Church lies close to Kviteseid Bygdetun museum, on a beautiful plateau near the fjord. It was built of stone in about 1150 and dedicated to St Olav. The ro...
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