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Map of the church deaneries in Aust-Agder county:
  Arendal prosti
  Vest-Nedenes prosti
  Aust-Nedenes prosti
  Otredal prosti

This list of churches in Aust-Agder is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The churches are all part of the Diocese of Agder og Telemark along with the churches in Vest-Agder and Telemark county. The diocese is based at the Kristiansand Cathedral in the city of Kristiansand.

This list is divided into four sections, one for each Deanery (prosti) in the county. Administratively within each deanery, the churches are divided by municipalities which have their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipal church council may be made up of more than one parish (sokn), each of which may have their own council (soknerådet). Each parish may have one or more congregations in it.[1]

Arendal prosti

This deanery covers a small, coastal, urban area covering the municipalities of Arendal and Froland in Aust-Agder county. The deanery is headquartered at Trinity Church in the town of Arendal in Arendal municipality. The deanery was established on 1 January 1872 when it was split off from the Vest-Nedenes deanery. It initially included all the parishes of Trefoldighet, Barbu, Austre Moland, Tromøy, Hisøy, Øyestad, Froland, and Herefoss.[2] The parishes of Austre Moland, Flosta, and Stokken were merged to form the parish of Moland effective 1 January 2018.[3]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Arendal Barbu Barbu Church Barbu 1880
Hisøy Hisøy Church His 1849
Moland Austre Moland Church Brekka 1673
Flosta Church Flosta 1632
Stokken Church Saltrød 1878
Trefoldighet Trinity Church Arendal 1888
Tromøy Færvik Church Færvik 1884
Tromøy Church Brekka c. 1150
Øyestad Bjorbekk Church Bjorbekk 1884
Engene Church Nedenes 1849
Øyestad Church Rykene c. 1200
Froland Froland Froland Church Froland 1718
Mykland Church Mykland 1832

Aust-Nedenes prosti

This deanery covers the northeastern part of Aust-Agder county including the municipalities of Gjerstad, Tvedestrand, Risør, Åmli, and Vegårshei. The deanery is headquartered at Tvedestrand Church in the town of Tvedestrand in Tvedestrand municipality. The deanery was established on 1 March 1826 when it was split off from the old Nedenes deanery. The deanery was named Østre Nedenæs until 19 May 1922 when it was renamed Aust-Nedenes.[4]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Gjerstad Gjerstad Gjerstad Church Gjerstad 1848
Risør Risør Frydendal Church Risør 1879
Risør Church Risør 1647
Søndeled Søndeled Church Søndeled c. 1150
Tvedestrand Dypvåg Dypvåg Church Dypvåg c. 1200
Holt Holt Church Fiane c. 1100
Laget Church Laget 1908
Tvedestrand Tvedestrand Church Tvedestrand 1861
Vegårshei Vegårshei Vegårshei Church Myra 1810
Åmli Gjøvdal Gjøvdal Church Askland 1803
Åmli Tovdal Church Hillestad 1820
Åmli Church Åmli 1909

Vest-Nedenes prosti

This deanery covers the southern part of Aust-Agder county including the municipalities of Birkenes, Grimstad, and Lillesand. The deanery is headquartered at Lillesand Church in the town of Lillesand in Lillesand municipality. The deanery was established on 1 March 1826 when it was split off from the old Nedenes deanery. The deanery was named Vestre Nedenæs until 19 May 1922 when it was renamed Vest-Nedenes.[5]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Birkenes Birkenes Birkenes Church Mollestad 1858
Herefoss Herefoss Church Herefoss 1865
Vegusdal Vegusdal Church Engesland 1867
Grimstad Eide Eide Church Eide 1795
Fjære Fevik Church Fevik 1976
Fjære Church Fjære c. 1150
Grimstad Grimstad Church Grimstad 1881
Landvik Landvik Church Roresand 1825
Østerhus Church Østerhus 1980
Lillesand Høvåg Høvåg Church Høvåg c. 1100
Lillesand Lillesand Church Lillesand 1889
Justøy Chapel Brekkestø 1884
Vestre Moland Church Møglestu c. 1150

Otredal prosti

This deanery covers the Otra river valley through Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder counties, this includes the Setesdal and upper Torridal valleys. It includes Vennesla municipality (in Vest-Agder) and the municipalities of Bygland, Evje og Hornnes, Bykle, Iveland, and Valle (in Aust-Agder). The deanery is headquartered at Vennesla Church in the village of Vennesla in Vennesla municipality in Vest-Agder county.

Otredal deanery, originally called Torridal, was created 10 May 1862 when it was carved out of the three neighboring deaneries of Råbyggelaget, Mandal, and Vestre Nedenes. Initially, it included Oddernes, Øvrebø, Søgne, and Tveit. Over time, the borders of Torridal deanery have been changed. In 1883, the Søgne parish was moved (back) to the Mandal prosti and the Tveit parish was moved (back) to the Vestre Nedenes prosti. Also in 1883, the parishes of Valle, Evje, and Bygland joined Torridal when the old Setesdal (Råbyggelaget) deanery was dissolved. In 1905, the Tveit parish was moved back to Torridal. On 12 June 1931 the name of the deanery was changed from Torridal to Otredal.[6]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Bygland Bygland Austad Church Tveit 1880
Bygland Church Bygland 1838
Sandnes Church Åraksbø 1844
Årdal Årdal Church Grendi 1828
Bykle Bykle Bykle Church Bykle 2004
Old Bykle Church Bykle 1619
Fjellgardane Church Hovden 1955
Evje og Hornnes Evje Evje Church Evje 1891
Hornnes Hornnes Church Hornnes 1828
Iveland Iveland Iveland Church Birketveit 1837
Valle Valle og Hylestad Hylestad Church Rysstad 1838
Valle Church Valle 1844
Note: See List of churches in Vest-Agder for more churches in this deanery.

References

  1. ^ "Agder og Telemark bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  2. ^ "Arendal prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  3. ^ Øvensen, Elin Ann (2017-03-09). "Sammenslåing av soknene i Moland" (in Norwegian). Arendal kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  4. ^ "Aust-Nedenes prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  5. ^ "Vest-Nedenes prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
  6. ^ "Otredal prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
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