The Olden Old Church is a wooden church built in 1759 on the site of an old stave church probably dating from the 14th century. The stave church was demolished in 1746 and replaced by a wooden church which was destroyed by a storm in 1757. As it has no heating or electric light, a new service church was built in Olden in 1934.
In 1746 the old Stave church in Olden was demolished and a new church was built. 11 years later, strong winds destroyed this church, which led to the construction of the present church, completed in 1759. Inside, the choir contains several portraits of priests from the 17th and 18th centuries. The late Baroque stone sculpture of the Madonna was donated to the church in the 1940s.
The new church in Olden is a wooden church built in 1934 based on the drawings of the architect Daniel Johan Muri. The details and decoration are characterised by neoclassicism and neo-baroque.
The Loen church is an octagonal wooden church dating from 1838. The master-builder of the building was Elling Waldboe. He was probably inspired by the church in Innvik for the construction of this church. The church has changed little over the years and is therefore one of the churches that give the best impression of what Norwegian churches of this type were like in the first half of the 18th century.
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