The church in Bragernes, designed by Ernst Norgrenn, was consecrated in 1871. The church became the most sumptuous and richly designed church in the country after the Trinity Church in Oslo from 1858. The church in Bragernes is built in unpolished red brick in a neo-gothic style.
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The church in Svelvik is a long church from 1859, designed by Wilhelm Hanstein, with Christian H. Grosch as consultant. It replaced a medieval stone church dedicated to Nicholas of Myra. The church has arched (Romanesque) windows, but the expression is otherwise more oriented towards the neo-Gothic.
Strømsø Church is a wooden cruciform church dating from 1667. It has a vestry at the eastern end of the chancel and a turret above the centre of the cross plan. In 1702 the wooden exterior of the church was boarded up. The interior is strongly influenced by the renovation of the 1840s.
Strømsgodset Church is a rectangular wooden church built in 1843. The architect of the church is Christian Heinrich Grosch. In 1938 Strømsgodset became its own parish.
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