Nesset Church
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Here, inside Langfjorden by the Eidsvågelvas run out you can see the beautiful Nesset church. It is a long wooden church built in 1878 and designed by the renowned architect H Nissen. You should notice the slightly unusual construction of the tower. The original church tower was higher and sharper, but it was destroyed by the weather and wind and was taken down in the 1930s and replaced in a style in keeping with the rest of the church. The church has amazing acoustics and many people come here for concerts including through the Nesset Music festival. Internally you can see signs of the original main church which was from Rød. The alter and pulpit date from around 1650 and were brought from the church in Rød. The church got a new pipe organ in 1998. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s father Peder Bjørnson was the priest in Nesset from 1837 until 1853, his picture hangs in the sanctum. In Bjørnson’s time it was the stave church in Rød that was the main church in the parish. It was located directly across the fjord from Nesset vicarage. Three cemeteries belong to Nesset church.