The church of Tanum was first built in 1100 and is a relatively large medieval stone church, decorated on the outside and inside, with visible quarry stone corners. The church has a rectangular vessel and a narrower, approximately square choir with an apse, a semicircular extension with a half-domed vaulted ceiling. In 1910-11, the church was restored and partially restored according to the plans of the architect Haldor Larsen Børve.
The church in Langestrand is an octagonal church from 1818. It is built in the empire style of the time. The extensions for the choir and the sacristy were added in 1902. In the church, there is a baptismal font from 1596. The previous church was demolished to make way for a new blast furnace at the ironworks.
The church in Larvik is a long yellow brick church built in 1677. In 1741, the church received a vestry and in 1760 a bell tower. In the years 1859-64, the church was rebuilt according to the designs of the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. A new portal with a porch was built on the east side of the nave.
The stone church of Berg was built in the 12th century and dedicated to Saint Lawrence. After a new church was built on the site in 1878, the old medieval church was partially demolished in 1882. However, the remains of the walls were preserved in the early 1900s, and from 1965 to 1970 the church was rebuilt, partly with the original stone, according to drawings by the architect Finn Bryn.
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