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Tisselskog kyrka

Address
TISSELSKOGS STOM 7, 666 94, Dals Långed
Municipality
Bengtsfors Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Karlstad

Tisselskog kyrka is a wooden church on a hilltop in Dalsland, its exterior a simple neo-Gothic design combining a nave of 1877 with a west tower dating from the 1720s. It is thought to be the third church built on or near this site.



Oral tradition places a medieval predecessor roughly a kilometre to the south, though nothing certain is known of it. A second timber church with a tower was built on the present site in 1724–27, and when the current nave replaced it in 1877, the tower and parts of the west wall were kept, so traces of the older building can still be seen inside.

The 1877 nave was designed by engineer Emil Olsson in a restrained neo-Gothic style. The building is clad in white-painted board-and-batten panelling, with a straight east gable and a copper-clad spire on the west tower, topped by a cross on a globe. Pointed-arch window and louvre openings reinforce the neo-Gothic character.

Inside, the woodwork is typical of its period, with pale panelling on the walls picked out in blue, red and pink. A major rebuilding in 1977 reshaped the chancel, moving it forward into a wide, shallow niche flanked by glazed screens, with a new sacristy created behind the altar wall. By the 1960s the comparatively young nave had fallen into disrepair and its proportions were questioned, and demolition was considered before this restoration went ahead instead, under architects Uno Asplund and Janne Feldt.

Among the older furnishings, a soapstone font said to date from the medieval period, possibly the 1200s, stands in the south part of the chancel. The altarpiece, painted in 1735 in Baroque style, is attributed to Lars Hesselbom (also recorded as Hasselbom) of Åmål or Lidköping; sources differ slightly on the artist's base and surname. It depicts the Last Supper and the Ascension.

The organ, built in 1978 by A. Magnusson Orgelbyggeri, replaced an earlier 1948 instrument and stands on the south side of the gallery, a placement chosen to leave room for the choir; its light-lacquered facade echoes the wall panelling elsewhere in the church.

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Tisselskog kyrka

Tisselskog kyrka is a wooden church on a hilltop in Dalsland, its exterior a simple neo-Gothic design combining a nave of 1877 with a west tower dating from the 1720s. It is thought to be the third church built on or near this site.

TISSELSKOGS STOM 7, 666 94, Dals Långed

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Provider catalogue data: Svenska kyrkan, Platser, CC BY 4.0. Separately credited descriptions retain their stated source and licence terms. Catalogue and visiting data reformatted from the provider. The English guide combines and abridges separately credited sources below.

Provider record updated: 11 Apr 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

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