List of churches in Vest-Agder

Map of the church deaneries in Vest-Agder county:

Kristiansand domprosti

Lister prosti

Mandal prosti

Otredal prosti (extends north into Aust-Agder county)

This list of churches in Vest-Agder is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The churches are all part of the Diocese of Agder og Telemark along with the churches in Aust-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, each of 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]

Kristiansand domprosti

This arch-deanery covers all the churches within the municipality of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county. The arch-deanery is headquartered at the Kristiansand Cathedral in the city of Kristiansand in Kristiansand municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Kristiansand	Kristiansand domkirke	Kristiansand Cathedral	Kristiansand	1884
	Flekkerøy	Flekkerøy Church	Flekkerøy	1960
	Grim	Grim Church	Grim	1969
	Hellemyr	Hellemyr Church	Hellemyr	1988
	Hånes	Hånes Church	Hånes	1986
	Lund	Lund Church	Lund	1987
	Oddernes	Justvik Church	Justvik	1985
	Oddernes	Oddernes Church	Oddernes	c. 1040
	Randesund	Randesund Church	Randesund	1864
	Randesund	Søm Church	Søm	2004
	Torridal	Torridal Church	Aukland	1978
	Tveit	Tveit Church	Tveit	c. 1100
	Voie	Voie Church	Voie	1990
	Vågsbygd	Vågsbygd Church	Vågsbygd	1967

Lister prosti

This deanery covers the western part of Vest-Agder county, including the municipalities of Farsund, Flekkefjord, Hægebostad, Kvinesdal, Lyngdal, and Sirdal. The deanery is headquartered at Flekkefjord Church in the town of Flekkefjord in Flekkefjord municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Farsund	Farsund	Frelserens Church	Farsund	1905
	Farsund	Spind Church	Rødland	1837
	Herad	Herad Church	Sande	1957
	Lista	Vanse Church	Vanse	1037
	Lista	Vestbygda Chapel	Vestbygd	1909
Flekkefjord	Bakke	Bakke Church	Sira	1865
	Flekkefjord	Flekkefjord Church	Flekkefjord	1966
	Gyland	Gyland Church	Gyland	1982
	Hidra	Hidra Church	Kirkehavn	1924
Hægebostad	Eiken	Eiken Church	Eiken	1817
Hægebostad	Hægebostad	Hægebostad Church	Snartemo	1844
Kvinesdal	Feda	Feda Church	Feda	1802
	Fjotland	Fjotland Church	Fjotland	1836
	Fjotland	Netlandsnes Chapel	Netland	1886
	Kvinesdal	Kvinesdal Church	Liknes	1837
Lyngdal	Austad	Austad Church	Austad	1803
	Austad	Korshamn Chapel	Korshamn	1906
	Kvås	Kvås Church	Kvås	1836
	Lyngdal	Lyngdal Church	Lyngdal	1848
Sirdal	Sirdal	Haughom Chapel	Haughom	1930
		Kvævemoen Chapel	Kvæven	1962
		Lunde Church	Øvre Sirdal	1873
		Tonstad Church	Tonstad	1852

Mandal prosti

This deanery covers the central part of Vest-Agder county, including the municipalities of Audnedal, Lindesnes, Mandal, Marnardal, Songdalen, Søgne, and Åseral. The deanery is headquartered at Mandal Church in the town of Mandal in Mandal municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Audnedal	Grindheim	Grindheim Church	Byremo	1783
Audnedal	Konsmo	Konsmo Church	Konsmo	1802
Lindesnes	Spangereid	Spangereid Church	Høllen	1140
	Valle	Valle Church	Vigeland	1793
	Vigmostad	Vigmostad Church	Vigmostad	1848
Mandal	Holum	Holum Church	Krossen	1825
	Mandal	Harkmark Church	Harkmark	1613
	Mandal	Mandal Church	Mandal	1821
Marnardal	Bjelland	Bjelland Church	Bjelland	1793
	Laudal	Laudal Church	Laudal	1826
	Øyslebø	Øyslebø Church	Øyslebø	1797
Songdalen	Finsland	Finsland Church	Finsland	1803
Songdalen	Greipstad	Greipstad Church	Nodeland	1829
Søgne	Søgne	Søgne Church	Lunde	1861
Søgne	Søgne	Old Søgne Church	Søgne	1604
Åseral	Åseral	Ljosland Chapel	Ljosland	1959
		Åknes Chapel	Åknes	1873
		Åseral Church	Kyrkjebygda	1822

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.^[2]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Vennesla	Hægeland	Hægeland Church	Hægeland	1830
	Vennesla	Vennesla Church	Vennesla	1830
	Øvrebø	Øvrebø Church	Øvrebø	1800
Note: See List of churches in Aust-Agder for more churches in this deanery.

References

↑ "Agder og Telemark bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
↑ "Otredal prosti" (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 2017-03-10.

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