Gjøvdal Church
Gjøvdal Church is a parish church in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Askland in the Gjøvdal valley. It is the church for the Gjøvdal parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1803 by the architect Gjermund Gunnarson Veum. The church seats about 200 people. The altarpiece is called Gethsemane and it was completed in 1922.History
There has been a church in the Gjøvdal valley since the middle ages. The original church was a stave church built during the 1200s. In 1803, the old stave church was torn down. A new timber-framed church was built the same year and it still stands today. There was some restoration work done in 1953 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its completion.
