Veum Church
Veum Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Fyresdal Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Øyane. It is one of the two churches for the Fyresdal parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1863 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Grosch. The church seats about 180 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1483, but the first church was likely built around the year 1300. This first church was likely a wooden stave church that was located about to the northeast of the present church site. By the end of the 17th century, this stave church was in poor condition and was in constant need of repair, so the old church was torn down and a new church was built on the same site in 1727. The new church was a small, modest, wooden long church which was described as "unsightly" in 1785. In the mid-1800s, the old Heggland Church was closed and its people