Glesne Chapel
Glesne Chapel dates from 1909. The building is made of wood and was designed by the architect Hans Horn.
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Snarum Church
The Snarum church is a long church dating from 1869. The architect of the church was Georg Andreas Bull. The first church on the site was a Stave church dating from the Middle Ages. It was replaced by a wooden church in 1702 before the present brick church was built in 1869.
Holmen Church
The Holmen church dates from 1853. The basis of the construction is the drawings of the church in Bamble, which were designed by Gustav Adolph Lammers. The church replaced a reconstructed stave church which was about 500 metres east of the presbytery. The stave church was demolished in 1855, but the old cemetery was used until 1890 when a new cemetery was opened. The funeral chapel dates from 1935.
Olberg Church
The church in Olberg is a wooden building dating from 1859. It is located on the site of a former church. Part of the furniture of the present church, such as the pulpit from 1699, comes from the old church.
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