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.

[4][5] In 1830, a painting of the Virgin Mary by the famous artist Rembrandt which hung in the church was stolen.

The old choir which was originally narrower and had a lower roof line than the nave was torn down and a new choir was built so that it had the same width and roof line as the existing nave.

The nave also got a new ceiling and the tower above the main entrance was built.

The timber walls in the church room were probably unpainted originally, but they were covered with white panels during this renovation.