List of churches in Agder og Telemark

This list of churches in Agder og Telemark is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark in Agder and Vestfold og Telemark counties in southern Norway. The diocese is based at the Kristiansand Cathedral in the city of Kristiansand. The diocese includes all of Agder county and the majority of Vestfold og Telemark county, with the exception of the far eastern part of that county which belongs to the Diocese of Tunsberg.

Map of the deaneries within the Diocese of Agder og Telemark

This list is divided into nine sections, one for each Deanery (Norwegian: prosti) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches are divided by municipalities, each of which have their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipal church council may be made up of more than one parish (sokn), each of which may have their own council (soknerådet). Each parish may have one or more congregations in it.[1]

Kristiansand domprosti

This arch-deanery covers all the churches within the municipality of Kristiansand in southern Agder county. The arch-deanery is headquartered at the Kristiansand Cathedral in the city of Kristiansand in Kristiansand municipality. On 4 May 1819, the large Mandal prosti was created when it split off from the domprosti. On 1 January 2020, the parishes in the old municipalities of Songdalen and Søgne were merged into the arch-deanery when the municipality of Kristiansand was enlarged.[2][3]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Kristiansand	Kristiansand domkirke	Kristiansand Cathedral	Kristiansand	1884
	Finsland	Finsland Church	Finsland	1803
	Flekkerøy	Flekkerøy Church	Flekkerøy	1960
	Greipstad	Greipstad Church	Nodeland	1829
	Grim	Grim Church	Grim	1969
	Hellemyr	Hellemyr Church	Hellemyr	1988
	Hånes	Hånes Church	Hånes	1986
	Lund	Lund Church	Lund	1987
	Oddernes	Justvik Church	Justvik	1985
		Oddernes Church	Oddernes	c. 1040
	Randesund	Randesund Church	Randesund	1864
		Søm Church	Søm	2004
	Søgne	Søgne Church	Lunde	1861
		Old Søgne Church	Søgne	1604
	Torridal	Torridal Church	Aukland	1978
	Tveit	Tveit Church	Tveit	c. 1100
	Voie	Voie Church	Voie	1990
	Vågsbygd	Vågsbygd Church	Vågsbygd	1967

Arendal prosti

This deanery covers a small, coastal, urban area covering the municipalities of Arendal and Froland in Agder county. The deanery is headquartered at Trinity Church in the town of Arendal in Arendal municipality. The deanery was established on 1 January 1872 when it was split off from the Vest-Nedenes prosti. It initially included all the parishes of Trefoldighet, Barbu, Austre Moland, Tromøy, Hisøy, Øyestad, Froland, and Herefoss.[4] The parishes of Austre Moland, Flosta, and Stokken were merged to form the parish of Moland effective 1 January 2018.[5]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Arendal	Barbu	Barbu Church	Barbu	1880
	Hisøy	Hisøy Church	His	1849
	Moland	Austre Moland Church	Brekka	1673
		Flosta Church	Flosta	1632
		Stokken Church	Saltrød	1878
	Trefoldighet	Trinity Church	Arendal	1888
	Tromøy	Færvik Church	Færvik	1884
		Tromøy Church	Brekka	c. 1150
	Øyestad	Bjorbekk Church	Bjorbekk	1884
		Engene Church	Nedenes	1849
		Øyestad Church	Rykene	c. 1200
Froland	Froland	Froland Church	Froland	1718
		Mykland Church	Mykland	1832

Aust-Nedenes prosti

This deanery covers the eastern part of Agder county including the municipalities of Gjerstad, Tvedestrand, Risør, Åmli, and Vegårshei. The deanery is headquartered at Tvedestrand Church in the town of Tvedestrand in Tvedestrand municipality. The deanery was established on 1 March 1826 when it was split off from the old Nedenes prosti. The deanery was named Østre Nedenæs prosti until 19 May 1922 when it was renamed Aust-Nedenes prosti.[6]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Gjerstad	Gjerstad	Gjerstad Church	Gjerstad	1848
Risør	Risør	Frydendal Church	Risør	1879
		Risør Church	Risør	1647
	Søndeled	Søndeled Church	Søndeled	c. 1150
Tvedestrand	Dypvåg	Dypvåg Church	Dypvåg	c. 1200
	Holt	Holt Church	Fiane	c. 1100
		Laget Church	Laget	1908
	Tvedestrand	Tvedestrand Church	Tvedestrand	1861
Vegårshei	Vegårshei	Vegårshei Church	Myra	1810
Åmli	Åmli	Gjøvdal Church	Askland	1803
		Tovdal Church	Hillestad	1820
		Åmli Church	Åmli	1909

Bamble prosti

This deanery covers the southeastern part of Vestfold og Telemark county including the municipalities of Bamble, Drangedal, and Kragerø. The deanery is headquartered at Kragerø Church in the town of Kragerø in Kragerø municipality. The deanery was created in 1843 when the old Nedre Telemark og Bamble prosti was divided into Nedre Telemark prosti and Bamble prosti. Bamble prosti originally included the parishes of Bamble, Gjerpen, Siljan, Langesund, Drangedal, Eidanger, Brevik, Kragerø, and Porsgrunn. In 1868, the parishes of Siljan, Gjerpen, Porsgrunn, Eidanger and Brevik were transferred to the newly created Skien prosti.[7]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Bamble	Bamble	Bamble Church	Bamble	1845
		Herre Church	Herre	1905
	Langesund	Langesund Church	Langesund	1992
	Stathelle	Stathelle Church	Stathelle	1964
Drangedal	Drangedal	Drangedal Church	Prestestranda	1775
	Kroken	Kroken Church	Kroken	1909
	Tørdal	Tørdal Church	Bø	1809
Kragerø	Helle	Helle Church	Helle	1981
	Kragerø	Kragerø Church	Kragerø	1870
	Levangsheia	Støle Church	Støle	1892
	Sannidal	Sannidal Church	Sannidal	1772
	Skåtøy	Skåtøy Church	Skåtøy	1862

Lister og Mandal prosti

This deanery covers the western part of Agder county, including the municipalities of Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kvinesdal, Lindesnes, Lyngdal, and Sirdal. The deanery is headquartered at Lyngdal Church in the town of Lyngdal in Lyngdal Municipality. The deanery was created on 1 January 2020 when the old Lister prosti and Mandal prosti were merged.[2]

The old Lister prosti was headquartered at Flekkefjord Church in the town of Flekkefjord in Flekkefjord municipality and the deanery included the municipalities of Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kvinesdal, Lyngdal, and Sirdal. The old Mandal prosti included the municipalities of Audnedal, Lindesnes, Mandal, Marnardal, Songdalen, Søgne, and Åseral (until 2019). The deanery was headquartered at Mandal Church in the town of Mandal in Mandal municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Farsund	Farsund	Frelseren Church	Farsund	1905
		Herad Church	Sande	1957
		Spind Church	Rødland	1837
	Lista	Vanse Church	Vanse	1037
		Vestbygda Chapel	Vestbygd	1909
Flekkefjord	Bakke	Bakke Church	Sira	1865
	Flekkefjord	Flekkefjord Church	Flekkefjord	1966
	Gyland	Gyland Church	Gyland	1982
	Hidra	Hidra Church	Kirkehavn	1924
Hægebostad	Eiken	Eiken Church	Eiken	1817
	Hægebostad	Hægebostad Church	Snartemo	1844
Kvinesdal	Feda	Feda Church	Feda	1802
	Fjotland	Fjotland Church	Fjotland	1836
		Netlandsnes Chapel	Netland	1886
	Kvinesdal	Kvinesdal Church	Liknes	1837
Lindesnes	Holum	Holum Church	Krossen	1825
	Mandal	Harkmark Church	Harkmark	1613
		Mandal Church	Mandal	1821
	Marnardal	Bjelland Church	Bjelland	1793
		Laudal Church	Laudal	1826
		Øyslebø Church	Øyslebø	1797
	Lindesnes	Spangereid Church	Høllen	1140
		Valle Church	Vigeland	1793
		Vigmostad Church	Vigmostad	1848
Lyngdal	Grindheim	Grindheim Church	Byremo	1783
	Konsmo	Konsmo Church	Konsmo	1802
	Lyngdal	Austad Church	Austad	1803
		Korshamn Chapel	Korshamn	1906
		Kvås Church	Kvås	1836
		Lyngdal Church	Lyngdal	1848
Sirdal	Sirdal	Haughom Chapel	Haughom	1930
		Kvævemoen Chapel	Kvæven	1962
		Lunde Church	Øvre Sirdal	1873
		Tonstad Church	Tonstad	1852

Otredal prosti

This deanery covers the Otra river valley through Agder county, this includes the Setesdal and upper Torridal valleys. It includes the municipalities of Bygland, Evje og Hornnes, Bykle, Iveland, Valle, Vennesla, and Åseral. The deanery is headquartered at Vennesla Church in the village of Vennesla in Vennesla municipality in Agder county.

Otredal deanery, originally called Torridal prosti, was created 10 May 1862 when it was carved out of the three neighboring deaneries of Råbyggelaget prosti, Mandal prosti, and Vestre Nedenes prosti. Initially, it included the municipalities of Oddernes, Øvrebø, Søgne, and Tveit. Over time, the borders of Torridal deanery have been changed. In 1883, the Søgne parish was moved (back) to the Mandal prosti and the Tveit parish was moved (back) to the Vestre Nedenes prosti. Also in 1883, the parishes of Valle, Evje, and Bygland joined Torridal when the old Setesdal (Råbyggelaget prosti) deanery was dissolved. In 1905, the Tveit parish was moved back (again) to Torridal. On 12 June 1931 the name of the deanery was changed from Torridal to Otredal.[8] On 1 January 2019, the parish of Åseral was moved from Mandal prosti to Otredal prosti.[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Bygland	Bygland og Årdal	Austad Church	Tveit	1880
		Bygland Church	Bygland	1838
		Sandnes Church	Åraksbø	1844
		Årdal Church	Grendi	1828
Bykle	Bykle	Bykle Church	Bykle	2004
		Old Bykle Church	Bykle	1619
		Fjellgardane Church	Hovden	1955
Evje og Hornnes	Evje og Hornnes	Evje Church	Evje	1891
		Hornnes Church	Hornnes	1828
Iveland	Iveland	Iveland Church	Birketveit	1837
Valle	Valle og Hylestad	Hylestad Church	Rysstad	1838
		Valle Church	Valle	1844
Vennesla	Hægeland	Hægeland Church	Hægeland	1830
	Vennesla	Vennesla Church	Vennesla	1830
	Øvrebø	Øvrebø Church	Øvrebø	1800
Åseral	Åseral	Ljosland Chapel	Ljosland	1959
		Åknes Chapel	Åknes	1873
		Åseral Church	Kyrkjebygda	1822

Skien prosti

This deanery covers part of Vestfold og Telemark county including the municipalities of Siljan, Skien, and Porsgrunn. The deanery is headquartered at Skien Church in the town of Skien in Skien municipality. The deanery was established in 1868 when it was created from some of the parishes from Bamble prosti and Nedre Telemark prosti.[9]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Siljan	Siljan	Siljan Church	Siljan	c. 1200
Skien	Borgestad	Borgestad Church	Borgestad	1907
	Gimsøy og Nenset	Gimsøy Church	Gimsøy	1922
		Nenset Church	Tollnes	1961
	Gjerpen	Gjerpen Church	Skien	1153
		Luksefjell Church	Luksefjell	1858
		Valebø Church	Valebø	1903
	Gulset og Skotfoss	Gulset Church	Gulset	1986
		Skotfoss Church	Skotfoss	1900
	Kilebygda og Solum	Kilebygda Church	Rognsbru	1859
		Solum Church	Solum	1766
	Melum	Melum Church	Mælum	1728
	Skien	Skien Church	Skien	1894
Porsgrunn	Eidanger	Brevik Church	Brevik	1963
		Eidanger Church	Eidanger	c. 1150
		Herøya Church	Porsgrunn	1957
		Langangen Church	Langangen	1891
		Stridsklev Church	Porsgrunn	2000
	Porsgrunn	Vestre Porsgrunn Church	Porsgrunn	1758

Vest-Nedenes prosti

This deanery covers the southeastern part of Agder county including the municipalities of Birkenes, Grimstad, and Lillesand. The deanery is headquartered at Lillesand Church in the town of Lillesand in Lillesand municipality. The deanery was established on 1 March 1826 when it was split off from the old Nedenes prosti. The deanery was named Vestre Nedenæs prosti until 19 May 1922 when it was renamed Vest-Nedenes prosti.[10]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Birkenes	Birkenes	Birkenes Church	Mollestad	1858
	Herefoss	Herefoss Church	Herefoss	1865
	Vegusdal	Vegusdal Church	Engesland	1867
Grimstad	Eide	Eide Church	Eide	1795
	Fjære	Fevik Church	Fevik	1976
		Fjære Church	Fjære	c. 1150
	Grimstad	Grimstad Church	Grimstad	1881
	Landvik	Landvik Church	Roresand	1825
		Østerhus Church	Østerhus	1980
Lillesand	Høvåg	Høvåg Church	Høvåg	c. 1100
	Lillesand	Lillesand Church	Lillesand	1889
		Justøy Chapel	Brekkestø	1884
		Vestre Moland Church	Møglestu	c. 1150

Øvre Telemark prosti

This deanery covers the western part of Vestfold og Telemark county including the municipalities of Fyresdal, Hjartdal, Kviteseid, Midt-Telemark, Nissedal, Nome, Notodden, Seljord, Tinn, Tokke, and Vinje. The deanery is headquartered at Seljord Church in the village of Seljord in Seljord municipality. The deanery existed until 1838 when it was divided into Aust-Telemark prosti and Vest-Telemark prosti. In 2006, Nedre Telemark prosti (established 1843) was dissolved and divided between Aust-Telemark and Vest-Telemark deaneries. The deanery was recreated on 1 January 2015 when Aust-Telemark prosti and Vest-Telemark prosti were merged.[11][12][13]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Fyresdal	Fyresdal	Moland Church	Fyresdal	1843
		Veum Church	Øyane	1863
Hjartdal	Hjartdal	Hjartdal Church	Hjartdal	1809
		Sauland Church	Sauland	1863
		Tuddal Church	Tuddal	1796
Kviteseid	Kviteseid	Brunkeberg Church	Brunkeberg	1790
		Fjågesund Church	Fjågesund	1916
		Kilen Chapel	Kilen	1958
		Kviteseid Church	Kviteseid	1918
		Old Kviteseid Church	south of Kviteseid	c. 1260
		Vrådal Church	Vrådal	1886
Midt-Telemark	Bø	Bø Church	Bø	1875
		Old Bø Church	Bø	c. 1100
	Sauherad og Nes	Nes Church	Nesodden (just outside Gvarv)	1180
		Sauherad Church	Sauherad	1150
Nissedal	Nissedal	Felle Chapel	Felle	1970
		Nissedal Church	Kyrkjebygda	1764
		Treungen Church	Treungen	1863
Nome	Holla og Helgen	Helgen Church	Helgen	1735
		Holla Church	Ulefoss	1867
		Romnes Church	Romnes	1100s
	Lunde og Flåbygd	Flåbygd Church	Flåbygd	1822
		Landsmarka Chapel	Landsmarka	1895
		Lunde Church	Bjervamoen	1822
Notodden	Gransherad	Gransherad Church	Gransherad	1849
	Heddal	Heddal Stave Church	Heddal	1200s
	Lisleherad	Lisleherad Church	Landsverk	1873
	Notodden	Notodden Church	Notodden	1938
Seljord	Seljord	Flatdal Church	Flatdal	654
		Mandal Chapel	Mandal	1954
		Seljord Church	Seljord	1180
		Åmotsdal Church	Åmotsdal	1792
Tinn	Rjukan	Dal Church	Rjukan	1775
		Rjukan Church	Rjukan	1915
	Tinn	Atrå Church	Atrå	1836
		Austbygde Church	Austbygdi	1888
		Hovin Church	Hovin	1850
		Mæl Church	Miland	1839
Tokke	Eidsborg, Mo, og Skafså	Eidsborg Stave Church	Eidsborg	1200s
		Mo Church	Mo	1839
		Skafså Church	Skafså	1839
	Høydalsmo og Lårdal	Høydalsmo Church	Høydalsmo	1747
		Lårdal Church	Lårdal	1831
Vinje	Vinje og Nesland	Vinje Church	Vinje	1796
		Nesland Church	Nesland	1847
	Grunge	Grunge Church	Grunge	1850
	Rauland	Møsstrond Church	Møsstrand	1923
		Rauland Church	Rauland	1803
	Øyfjell	Øyfjell Church	Øyfjell	1833

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