Grindheim Church is a white, wooden church built in a cruciform design in 1783. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1425, but the church was not new that year. The old medieval church was torn down in 1783 and replaced with the new building.
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The Bjelland church is a church dating from 1793. The present church is the third in the town, the first dating from the Middle Ages, the second from the 17th century. Inside, the walls are decorated with Rosemåling (a traditional form of decorative folk art from Norway), created by Gutorm Persson Eftestøl (1779-1856) in collaboration with the painter Knud Knudsen Årstøl.
Eiken Church dates from 1817 although it has a porch built in 1922 and a sacristy from 1950. The altarpiece was made by Olav Aasland and Olav Bakken in 1822. The Crucifixion was painted by Karl Ludvgig Gjermoe in 1891.
Hægebostad Church is an octagonal church dating from 1844. The church was built according to the designs of the parish priest, Nils Christian Hald, with the approval and minor remarks of the head of state Christian H. Grosch. A church on the site is first mentioned in 1445. The medieval building was demolished in 1629 and a long wooden church was built in its place. The wood from the 1629 church was reused when the new church was built in 1844.
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