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The church of St. Nicolai was consecrated in 1880 on a former fishermen's chapel corresponding to the present choir. In 1953, the church was given its present exterior appearance when the plaster was removed and the quartzite was enhanced.

St. Olav's Church, built in the 1920s in the classical style, was designed by Gustav Adolf Falk and Knut Nordenskjöld and was consecrated on 9 October 1927 by Bishop Olof Bergqvist.

On Sunday, June 16, 1901, the gravel laying took place in the presence of a large congregation The City Council disposed of several vacant plots, but probably considered the area between Gl. Hadsundvej and Fabers Alle, where the Flintebjerg Center (formerly Sct. Josephs Hospital) is located, as the most suitable.

The Sankt Petri Church was built of red brick and sandstone from 1903 to 1905. The architect was Adolf Emil Melander. The church building is characterised by a historical eclectic style with predominantly neo-Gothic elements, which is expressed in the high spire of the central tower and the smaller spires in the body of the building as well as in the portals and lancet windows.

The St. Peter's Church is the oldest parish church in Hamburg. It is named after the Apostle Peter.

The church of St Gertrude was completed in the late 1450s and consisted of the chancel with the sacristy and the nave up to the pair of columns nearest the organ loft. Only one medieval entrance has been preserved, namely the entrance to the choir. The door was probably added after the fire of 1612. The other original entrances have been removed. The tower was built around 1670 and has a tall, narrow spire. In the 1730s the church had to be rebuilt. The north transept was added. Bricks were taken from the ruins of the nearby castle for construction. It was not until the 1780s that the organ, a Wistenius organ, was restored by Pehr Schiörlin, a disciple of Jonas Wistenius, and the spire was replaced by a hood with a lantern. The architect was Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz.

St. Mary's Church is the oldest church in the city and was built in the 12th century in the Romanesque style. In the 15th century it was replaced by a three-aisled brick church in the Gothic style, but sandstone from the old church was used for the base of the choir and the west aisle. The stepped gable tower was added in the 16th century and in the 19th century the lead roof was replaced by a copper roof. In 1843, the south porch and the north vestry were demolished when the church was restored according to the plans of Carl Georg Brunius. However, the vestry was rebuilt in 1953 according to the plans of Gustaf W Widmark, using the old vestry as a model.

St Mary's was built in the 13th century as a three-aisled church in the Romanesque style. In the 14th century, the church was extended with the Holy Cross Chapel, which was however demolished in 1840. In the 15th century, the church that exists today was built. The nave was extended to the ambulatory which, together with the choir with its characteristic pointed arches, has a distinct late Gothic style.

The Sannidale church is a wooden cross-shaped church built in 1771. In 1766, Jakob Matssøn Lund was appointed parish priest of Kragerø and Sannidal, and he is credited with the construction of the church. Jakob M. Lund was originally from Trøndelag, and in addition to theology, he had studied medicine and anatomy. He was the first to practice smallpox vaccination in Norway.

The church in Sânpetru was built in 1794, replacing a medieval basilica from the 14th century, which was demolished after its tower had collapsed twice. The new church was unusually provided with a western chancel and a tower was built in 1817. The interior was endowed in neoclassical style, from organ and scarcely decorated pillars to the column- altar in the chancel. Only ruins are still preserved from the exterior and second curtain wall. But the first fortification wall stands complete even today, preserving its five towers and the two level rooms built on its interior. On the southern side of the assembly the old school and the old town hall were erected. The 13th century pre-reformation chapel was fortified in the 15th century by addition of two levels. Valuable mural paintings from 1400 decorate the chapel’s walls.