Vågstranda Church was built in 1870 and restored for its centenary in 1970. The church has the outer outline of a long church. It is built of wood, cut in Trondheim, where the church was also erected in its raw state. The logs were then marked and collected, transported to Vågstranda and put back in place.
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Sekken Church was built in 1908 as a traditional Norwegian wooden church. Inside, the church has not changed since it was built in 1908.
Rødven's Stave church was built around 1300, but its choir dates from the 18th century. The sacristy, porch and eaves are also later additions. Inside, the church is characterised by restorations from the 17th and 18th centuries. When the site's new church was consecrated in 1907, the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments took over the moat church.
The new church in Rødven was designed by J.Z.M. Kielland in 1907 to replace the Stave church below. The new church was built in slatted planks and its exterior is panelled and painted red with white and green trim. The church was given "Dragestil" forms and aisle-shaped naves. Above the main entrance there is a tower with a simple, tall and slender capital.
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