Churches

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 the ruins of Olavskirken for...

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 church as his model, designed t...

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 by former vicar Alf Kapstad.

The Bø "Old Church" is a stone church built in 1180. The church was built in Romantic style and dedicated to St. Olaf. The interior is Renaissance, and the pulpit is a true masterpiece. Bø's "New ...

Bø’s “New Church” was built in the new gothic style. While it is unknown who drew the plans for the church, it is likely that it was the same person who designed the other churches in both Bø and Lun...

Bø's "Old Church" belongs to a series of stone churches built in round, Romantic style in Norway from the early middle ages. Several of such churches can be found in Telemark, such as in Seljord, Kvi...

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 alterpiece is from the earlier stave c...

Tinn has many beautiful churches. Churches with dramatic history and idyllic locations.

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 stone corners.

A timber ex...

Take a guided journey through 800 years of history… Hear about the Stave Church and the changes in beliefs and conventions over this period.
Learn about the legend of the Holy St. Nicholas.

The Eids...

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 the canopy from the old stave chu...

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 St Paul and was extended in 18...

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 consecrated on 9 July 1944.

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

Gulset Church is a working church from 1986 in Skien.
The church has been under renovation which was completed in 2009, and is today a modern working 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 English, exhibition in the vica...

Herre Church is a broad church which was built in 1905.

It's made of wood in the stave church style.
The architect was H. Børve from Porsgrunn.
It was restored in 1955, has 275 seats and gallery.

Working church dedicated in 1957, drawn by the architect Helge Abrahamsen / Hans Grinde.
The organ was built by Jørgensen in 1957.
The altarpiece was painted by Arne E. Holm from Trondheim.

The old church in Holla was consecrated to St. Mary on Simon and Judas Day on 28 October, year unknown. The church is located in Hollahaugen, in the middle of the settlement, with an exceptional view...