The old Konnerud church is a wooden church completed in 1858. Before the present church, there was a church on the same site from 1760. This first church was of simple construction, it looked almost like a barn on the outside, and inside there were initially only a few pews, no altarpiece.
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The new church in Konnerud is a brick working church, consecrated on 6 October 1996. The need for a new church became urgent when the population of Konnerud grew from about 3,700 in the early 1970s to just under 10,000 in the late 1990s.
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.
Åssiden church, made of brick, was completed in 1967. The architects of the church are Harald Hille and Odd Østbye.
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