The Sandnes church is an octagonal church dating from 1844. The church was built by Anders Thorsen Syrtveit according to the design by Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow. It was first built on Sandnes in Bygland and was moved to Åraksbø in 1935.
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Austad church dates from 1880. The architect of the church, which is built of wood, was builder Oskar Fabricius.
The church in Bygland was built in 1838. The altarpiece is by Lars Olav Stedjan from Bjelland. In 1925 the church acquired a Hollenbach organ from the church in Tolga.
The Åknes Chapel is a wooden chapel dating from 1873. It was built in a rectangular form according to the plans of architects Tobias Flottorp and Gard Ekså.
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