Bakkebø Church

The Bakkebø Church in Eigersund was built in 1960 by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Olav S. Platou. The concrete church has an altarpiece designed by Arneberg, sculpted by Sven Valevatn and painted by Anders Ragnvald Andersen.

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Egersund kirke

The church in Egersund is a wooden church that would have been built in the 1620s, at a time when Egersund was an important shipping port for timber. The church has a cruciform plan but was originally built as a long church, with a chancel in the east. The transverse arms and the present chancel were built in the 1780s, as well as the turret over the west entrance and the sacristy on the south side of the chancel. At the same time, the church hall received galleries and vaulted ceilings.

Helleland Church

The Helleland church is a wooden church dating from 1832. The successor of a long list of churches dating back to the Middle Ages, it was the main church of the parish of Helleland until 1988, when it became a church under the municipal council of Eigersund.

Bjerkreim Church

The church of Bjerkreim is a long church dating from 1835. The church building was built according to the design of Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow.