Birkenes Church


Birkenes Church is a parish church in Birkenes municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mollestad, about southwest of the municipal centre of Birkeland. The church is part of the Birkenes parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1858 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. It was constructed on the same site as the previous church. The present church seats about 650 people. It was consecrated on 1 December 1858 by the Bishop Jacob von der Lippe.

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