10 Churches & Cathedrals in Tonsberg That You Shouldn't Miss

Brick church with two steeples built in 1901. The organ is from 1972, has 32 pipes and is considered to be the finest concert organ in the district. The former medieval church burned in 1898. Slagen's oldest preserved altar piece, a unique, magnificent, late medieval triptych from about 1480 with twelve carvings depicting St.Ursula's journey to Rome, was saved. It is now in the University Museum of Antiquities in Oslo. The painter, Sven Jorgensen, one of Vestfold's better known artists, is buried here in Slagen Church cemetery. Church Service every Sunday 11 am.

Quayside Chapel, Tonsberg was opened by the Church Town Mission in 1995 in Svend Foyn's warehouse. Evening service Thursdays at 8 pm.

Eik church was built as a working church in 1988. Architect, Harald Hille. The altar piece is by the artist Per Odd Aarrestad.

Wooden church built 1782 for the Vallo salt-works. The church has a gallery with a royal chair. Both the building and the interior are in Louis XVI style. Everything is from the 1780's.

Solvang Church is from 1969, extended in 1988. Renovated 2004. Architect Elisabeth Breen Fidjestol. Stained glass painting in the form of a cross by Hans Gerhard Sorensen.

Vestfold's only catholic church, 22 Botnegaten. Brick church from 1958. High mass Sundays 11 am.

The cathedral in the woods. Stone church built in 1972. Architect Arnstein Arneberg. The altar piece is an 8 x 4 m huge tapestry by Else-Marie Jakobsen. Church Service every Sunday 11 am.

900 years' anniversary i 1999. The oldest stone church in Vestfold dated before 1100 in Romanesque style. Presumably there was a wooden church here at Saeheimr, the kings' court, in the beginning of the 11th century. Medieval crucifix, wooden Madonna sculpture, pulpit from 1591. A reconstructed altar piece from the period of Christian IV with a modern painting by Hakon Stenstadvold. Painting by Chr. Eckersberg Women at the Grave of Christ, dated 1814. High mass three Sundays each month at 11 am. The church is open 1. May - 1. Sept. Tues-Fri 9 am - 2 pm.

Teie Church is one of the most active working churches in Vestfold. It is built of brick and was consecrated in 1977. The altar tapestry was made by Else Marie Jakobsen and the crucifix by Brit Sorensen. Church services are held every Sunday at 11 am.