The church in Vivestad is a long church dating from 1914, although there has been a church in Vivestad since the Middle Ages. The old church from 1628 burned down in 1911, but the furniture was saved and is used in the present church.
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The church of Fon is a whitewashed stone church dating from the 12th century. The church has a rectangular nave with a lower and narrower choir whose end is straight to the east. In 1839, the church was given a wooden tower to the west. At the northern end of the choir is a sacristy built in 1916.
The church is probably from the 13th century and is one of the largest stave churches. In 1948-53 major modifications were made and the church was then given the design it has today. The new exterior of the church is based on assumptions and interpretations of what the church might have looked like in the early post-Reformation period. The nave contains remnants of painted medieval decorations, while the choir decorations were mainly rebuilt by Finn Kraft in 1959-64.
Hem church is a long stone church dating from the Middle Ages. The church has a rectangular nave and a narrower and lower choir with a straight end. The church belonged to Jarlsberg County from 1673 to 1766, when the farmers of the parish bought it. It was not until 1913 that the church was transferred to the congregation. The interior now bears the mark of the renovation that was carried out at the end of the 17th century.
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