Bjelland Church


Bjelland Church is a parish church in Lindesnes municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjelland. The church is part of the Bjelland parish in the Mandal deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden, cruciform church was built in 1793 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 300 people. This is the third church on this site. The first church was from the middle ages and the second church was built in the 1600s.
Bjelland Church served as an election church in 1814. Together with about 300 churches across Norway, it was a venue for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly. These were Norway's first national elections.