Ransäter Church
Ransäter Church | |
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Ransäter kyrka | |
![]() Ransäter Church in July 2011 | |
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Location | Ransäter |
Country | Sweden |
Denomination | Church of Sweden |
History | |
Consecrated | 2 February 1986 |
Administration | |
Parish | |
Diocese | Karlstad |
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Ransäter Church (Swedish: Ransäters kyrka) is a wood church, located in Ransäter in Värmland, Sweden.
History[]
In the 17th century a lumber longhouse church was built in Ransäter, after initiative from .[1] In the 1740s the church was rebuilt as a , but on 6 December 1983 the church burnt down. The present wood church opened on Candlemas Day 1986,[2] where the architect was .[3] The church also includes pictures by . The pipe organ in the church was built in 1988 by .[4]
Politician Tage Erlander and his wife Aina are buried on the cemetery near the church.[5]
References[]
- ^ Kerstin Alexandersson, Anette Karls Fors (2004). "Kyrkan brinner" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish National Heritage Board. p. 33. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Ransäters kyrka" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Ransäters kyrka och kyrkogård" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
- ^ "Orglarna som används i undervisningen". Geijer School. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Ransäters kyrkogård" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Ransäters kyrka at Wikimedia Commons
Coordinates: 59°46′11″N 13°27′00″E / 59.76972°N 13.45000°E
Categories:
- Churches completed in 1986
- Churches in the Diocese of Karlstad
- 20th-century Church of Sweden church buildings
- Churches in Värmland County
- 1986 establishments in Sweden