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The Hol Church is a wooden cruciform-shaped church built in 1806. A church in Hol is mentioned in written sources as early as the middle of the 14th century. The present building was restored in 1860. The present organ in Hol Church dates from 1986.

Hol Church is a long church from 1924, designed by the architect Ole Stein. In 1953 the church received stained glass windows by the artist Thorvald L. Ravn. The pulpit and baptismal font are from 1924 and were designed by Hans Borgersen.

The old church of Hol has been rebuilt and altered several times. The sacristy to the east of the choir is the oldest part of the church. Originally, the whole church was a Stave church. The first change was the wooden extension that now forms the narrower western part of the church nave, probably from the 16th century. In 1697 the church was given a new, larger choir and apse, but in 1798-99 these parts of the building, including the part of the nave built in a moat, were demolished.

The building history of the old church in Holdhus is not clear. There was probably a Stave church here which was rebuilt between 1722-26 to its present appearance. The church has undergone several alterations and the last major restoration was in 1905-1906. In the 1720s Christian W. Segelken bought the church and it remained in private ownership until 1876 when it was given as a gift to the congregation. In 1889 it was sold for demolition to the hotelier Hans Holdhus, who in turn sold it to the Association for the Preservation of Old Norwegian Monuments in 1900.

The Hole church was built in the Middle Ages as a long stone church. In the 17th century the church was extended with a wooden part to the west, but in the 18th century this part, together with the choir and sacristy, was demolished and replaced by three wooden arms and the sacristy to the east. After a thunderbolt in 1943, the church burned down, leaving only the stone walls in the medieval part of the church. The church was rebuilt according to the plans of the architect Finn Bryn, and was completed in 1950.

The Holla church is a long church from 1867. The building is made of brick, built in a neo-Romanic-Gothic style. The architect was P.H. Holtermann. The church was restored in 1930, for its anniversary in 1967 and in the 1990s.

The medieval church of Hollola was built between 1495 and 1510, first the sacristy in 1495, the nave in 1500 and the entrance in 1505. The church was struck by lightning and burnt down in 1642. While repairing the damage caused by the fire, the church also began to be transformed according to the requirements of the Protestant Reformation. The church was renovated in 1934-1935 according to the plans of Carolus Lindberg. The last renovation was carried out in 2005-2006.

Holm Church was built in 1907 and is a long wooden church. The church, with its Dragestil forms, was designed by the architect Karl Norum, who designed several churches produced by the prefabricated house manufacturer Jakob Digre in Trondheim.

The Holmedal church began to be built in 1868 and imitates the style of the stave churches. This church is the third on the site, being preceded by a 17th-century church, itself replacing a 14th-century church. The oldest bell of the present church probably comes from this first medieval church.

Holmedal church is a wooden church that was built in 1815, rebuilt in 1882. The church has a long plan and designed by architect Lensmann Fr. Øvrevik.