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Storfors Church

Coordinates: 59°32′01″N 14°16′51″E / 59.5335°N 14.2809°E / 59.5335; 14.2809
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Storfors Church
Storfors kyrka
Storfors Church in July 2011
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LocationStorfors
CountrySweden
DenominationChurch of Sweden
History
Consecrated10 May 1959 (1959-05-10)
Architecture
Architect(s)Tor Engloo
Administration
DioceseKarlstad
ParishStorfors

Storfors Church (Swedish: Storfors kyrka) is a church building in Storfors, which is located in the Diocese of Karlstad of the Church of Sweden.[1] Storfors is situated between Kristinehamn and Filipstad.[1] The church was built in 1959 from drawing plans by architect Tor Engloo.[1] On 10 May 1959, the church was inaugurated by bishop Gert Borgenstierna.[1][2]

The building has a concrete base and outer walls in glavashiffer. The roof is made of copper plates.[2] The church room is orientated in an east-west direction, with the cross located to the east. The inner-walls are twelve meters high.[3] A seven sided baptismal font of limestone from Gotland was made by the stone shopper R Eklund in Bisby, and was placed in the church in 1964. In the cross hangs an apostle crown designed by Knut Hallberg; the apostle crown is a light crown made of brass with twelve stearing lights.[3] The pulpit is made of light wood.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Storfors kyrka". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Storfors kyrka". Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Ritningar till Storfors kyrka och församlingshus - Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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59°32′01″N 14°16′51″E / 59.5335°N 14.2809°E / 59.5335; 14.2809