Skåtøy church, from 1862, is made of timber and is among the country's largest wooden churches. The architects of the church are Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno, the altarpiece was painted by Julie Gjessing.
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Kragerø's church, which was inaugurated in 1870, replaced the town's first church from 1652. The new church in Kragerø is a neo-gothic church made of unpainted bricks designed by Georg Andreas Bull and consecrated in 1870. The altarpiece is a copy of "Christ on the Cross" by the Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni.
Støle church is a long church from 1892. The church was designed by Adolf Schirmer and was originally called Levangsheien chapel. The stained glass on the wall behind the altar dates from 1942.
The church in Helle was designed by the architect Morten Lunøe and built in two stages: first between 1981 and 1986, then in 1994.
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