Things to do in Vest-Agder, Southern Norway: The Best Churches & Cathedrals

Norway's oldest half-timber church. Built in 1640. Decorated in Baroque and Renaissance style paintings. Bjornstjerne Bjornson married Karoline here in 1858. Church services, meetings and summer concerts. Open by appointment. Call for further info.

Built approx. 1100-1150. Stone church in the Roman style, with a Baroque alterpiece and pulpit from 1704. Runic stone in the porch. Organ concerts Tuesdays in the summerseason, from 2. July - 201. August at 8 p.m.. The church is open from 10. July - 11. August (11-14), the rest of the year by appointment.

Som Church was consecrated in November 2004. The church has a distinctive style with its red-brick construction and a long glass painting stretching from the altar over the roof to the main door, with the motto from darkness to light. The glass painting is altogether 43 metres long and 1.8 metres broad. This is the work of the artist Kjell Nupen. The church`s architects are Arild Lauvland and Arne amland. Organ meditation, every Wednesday at 13.00.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mandal is the largest wooden church in Norway and is the first monumental building which was built in Norway after the union with Denmark ended in 1814. The architect was Jorgen Gerhard Loser. Construction work began in 1817 and the church was in use already in 1819 but officially consecrated in 1821. The church, built in the Neoclassical Empire style, can seat up to 1200 people. The painting "Resurrection", by the famous local artist Adolph Tidemand, hangs in the room on the left side of the alter. The church service in Mandal Church is every Sunday, usually at. 11:00.

Built between 1050-1070. Alterpiece and pulpit from the 1600s. Open by appointment.

Built in 1936 with an extention from 1982. Seating capacity 120. High Mass Sunday 11 am. Mass on Tuesday and Thursday6 pm, Saturday 1 pm. Every third Saturday the mass is held in Spanish and every first Sunday in the month one mass is held in Polish. The church is open Tuesday - Friday 11 am- 2 pm.

Built in 1803 and has Norway`s best preserved natural wood interior. Open by appointment.

An octagonal timber-built church dated 1830. Church bell from 1769. Open by appointment.

The church was consecrated in 1829, traditionally log-built in empire style. Chancel with tapestries by Else-Marie Jakobsen. Open by appointment.