Ås Church

In 1859, "Den Høiere Landbruksskole på Aas" (an agricultural college) was established as Norway's third higher education institution. It was established just southwest of the hill with the medieval church in the agricultural village. Seven years later, a new church was completed on the same hill.

The first church was probably built around the year 970 and was a stave church. The current Ås church replaced a medieval stone church in Romanesque style from about 1170. The medieval church was built in granite, of hewn square stone blocks and was in its time Follo's largest stone church. 
The church that stands there today stands on a foundation of stone blocks from the old one. In addition, we can see stones from the old church in the fence around the cemetery.

The stained-glass windows were designed by Per Vigeland (executed by G.A. Larsen) in 1930, and the soapstone baptismal font is from the latter half of the 1100s and has been transferred from the earlier churches.