Søndeled Church


Søndeled Church is a parish church in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Søndeled. It is the church for the Søndeled parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, stone and wood church was built around the year 1150. The cruciform church seats about 450 people.

History

The saga of Olav Trygvasson talks about a church in Søndelef in Visedal an old name for the prestegjeld of Gjerstad. The church is mentioned in several historical documents dating back to the 1200s. The churches in Søndeled, Vegårshei, and Gjerstad were all part of the same parish based in Gjerstad until 1745 when Søndeled and the new church was named Ytre Søndeled.

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