The Hundvin church is a long church dating from 1936. The villagers had wanted a church on Hundvin for a long time, as they had to walk to Lygra to reach the parish church, built in 1888.
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The Lygra church from 1892 was designed by the architect Petter Gabrielsen. On the outside, the church looks like a typical neo-gothic church with a narrower choir and three sides to the east, with a sacristy on each side and a tower to the west. The interior is a masterpiece of Swiss style carpentry, with cross-stitch ornaments, window frames, a pulpit and baptismal font. In addition, the church has an exceptionally rich decorative painting with stencilled ornaments, lines and outlines.
Myking Church is a long stone church dating from 1861. The two previous churches were probably a medieval stave church and a wooden church of 1606. The church was first renovated in 1961 and again between 2009 and 2011 on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the church.
The Seim church is a wooden "long church" built in 1878. The architect of the church was Johannes Øvsthus. Seim has had a church since the Middle Ages, the first mention of a church on this spot dates back to around 1360. This church was most probably a stave church which was replaced by a wooden church in the 17th century, later destroyed to make way for the present church.
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