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The Berg church was built in concrete in 1955 by the architect Hans Magnus. The present church is probably the third on the site. We know that there was a medieval church there and that it was dilapidated in the 17th and 18th centuries, which led to the construction of a new half-timbered church in 1780 or 1781 which was then destroyed by the Germans in 1942. Norway's first woman priest, Ingrid Bjerkås, was parish priest in Berg parish in 1961-65.

Berg wooden church was built in 1878 to replace the old stone church of Berg, too small and in poor condition. It was designed by Johannes Henrik Nissen and erected by the builder Mathias Olsen from 1875 to 1878. The altarpiece dates from 1580 and was taken over from the stone church.

Berg 'working church' is a long church dating from 1972. The architect of the church was Tycho Castberg. The pulpit and the baptismal font are made of wood and date from 1987. Originally the church had a mechanical organ from the Norwegian Organ and Harmonium Factory, dating from 1962.

As early as the 9th century there were two cathedrals in the city of Bergamo. One was the Basilica of Saint Alexander, located on the site of his supposed martyrdom, the other was the Cathedral of Saint Vincent located on the site of the present building. In 1561 the Venetians destroyed the Cathedral of Saint Alexander. It was finally in the 17th century that a bull of Pope Innocent XI established a single chapter and a single cathedral. In 1689 the structure was renovated by Carlo Fontana. Another important renovation, undertaken in the 19th century, focused mainly on the neoclassical façade (1889).

Bergen Cathedral is a long stone church from the second half of the 13th century. The church was built for the Franciscans and is the only one of the mendicant monks' churches in Norway that is still preserved. The church was extensively restored after the city fire of 1702, and in the late 19th century it was extensively modified under the direction of the architect Peter Blix. Many medieval stone details were renewed and the rococo interiors were removed. Today, the church has a two-aisled church hall and an east choir. In the 17th century, the church was given a tower to the west and a nave to the south. The interior was completely neo-Gothic from the 1880s.

Bergen Deaf Church is a brick church that was built in 1989. The church has a fan plan and was designed by architects Atle Strømstad and Lasse Bjørkhaug.

The new church in Bergen was built in 1622, but the present appearance is mainly due to the reconstruction in 1756. The new church is built of stone in a mixture of baroque and rococo style. The interior bears the mark of the reconstruction period of the 1950s, which took place after the wartime destruction in 1944.

The Berger Church is a long church from 1895, designed by the architect Schak August Steenberg Bull, a cousin of the famous composer Edvard Grieg. The Ytre Arna Church in Bergen is a copy of the Berger Church. The churches have the same architect and date from the same period.

It was first mentioned in 1196 when Henry of Saxony (son of Henry the Lion) gave the patronage of the church to the monastery Homburg. First construction measures are documented in 1394 (so-called " Gothic") They were probably carried out by the same construction hut as the extensions of St.Marien in Muhlhausen ( Visible, among other things, by the stonemason signs and the division of the relay gable on the south side ( show side to the city) ) The main portal of the church also dates from that time (1394). On the stem of the portal stood figures of Mary and St. Stephen (The statue of the Virgin Mary was still present in the 19th century)

The Bergkirchli was built in the 15th century, at 1900m altitude. In 1974 and 1997, restorations were performed. Today, the church is a concert hall, its religious use is mainly limited to funerals and weddings.