Old Kviteseid Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kviteseid Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of the village of Eidstod. It is one of the churches in the Kviteseid parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1260 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 150 people. This is among the better preserved stone churches in Telemark.
View of the church
Surrounding view
Image: Kvitseid old church (1200 A.D.) panoramio
Image: Kvitseid old church (1200 A.D.)
Kviteseid is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Vest-Telemark and Upper Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kviteseidbyen. Other villages in Kviteseid include Åsgrend, Brunkeberg, Eidstod, Fjågesund, Kilen, Morgedal, and Vrådal.
Kviteseid
Painting of Kviteseid by Eckersberg in 1868
Olav Bjaaland, 1910