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Borre church was built in the 1100s and is one of the country's most interesting churches from the Middle Ages.

The church in the center of Horten, called the Centre Church, is a work church. The foundation stone was laid by bishop Dagfinn Hauge on Sunday 21. February 1971, and the church which is built of bric...

This Gothic-style longship church is located at Karljohansvern naval base and was built in 1855.

The Løvøy Chapel on the Løvøya island is the smallest of Horten's three medieval churches and supposed to date back to the 1200's. The location of the church is connected to the St. Olav's well, and it is believed that the water had healing power.

According to local history, many Methodists migrated to Horten in 1864. The Horten Methodist congregation was founded by Pastor Martin Hansen on 29 July 1869 and the Methodist church was built in 1875...

Historians do not know the exact year when Nykirke church was built, but we have good reason to believe that it is about the same age as Borre church, which was built around 1100.

Bishop Håkon Andersen laid the foundation stone in May 1988 and the church, made in concrete, was finished in 1989.

Architects: Corneliussen, Elvestad and Oset.

The foundation stone was laid by bishop Dagfinn Hauge on the 29th of May 1968, and the church was inaugurated and consecrated by the assisting bishop, dean Peder Olsen on the 26th of May 1969.

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