it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year. Media gallery See also List of churches in Agder og Telemark References Risør Churches in Agder Stone churches in Norway Wooden churches in Norway Cruciform churches in Norway 12th-century churches in Norway Churches completed in 1150 12th-century establishments in Norway Norwegian election church