Notodden Church is a 1938 church. The architects, Dagfinn Morseth and Mads Wiel Gedde, won an architectural competition in 1932. The project has strong similarities with the church in Lillestrøm, which was designed by the same architects.
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The Stave Church of Heddal was built in the first half of the 13th century. This church played an important role in the description and preservation of Norwegian stave churches. It was restored successively in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Lisleherad Church is a long wooden church that was built in 1873-76. It replaced a stave church which was demolished just before the construction of the new church.
The Sauherad Church was built between 1150 and 1250 and is dedicated to Saint Lawrence. It has a rectangular nave and a narrower choir at the right end. In 1781 the nave was extended to the west. The south portals of the choir and the nave have been preserved, but the portal of the nave has been somewhat modified. In 1830, the church was redesigned by architect Linstow. The frescoes in the church hall were discovered and restored in the 1940s and 1950s by Gerhard Gotaas.
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