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Lena kyrka

Address
Kungsgatan 43, Vårgårda
Municipality
Vårgårda Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Lena kyrka is a whitewashed Empire-style church in the western part of Vårgårda municipality in Västergötland, built in 1835 to serve the three parishes of Lena, Bergstena and Fullestad. It belongs to Lena parish in the Diocese of Skara.



The church was designed by the architect Johan Abraham Widelius and constructed with a stone structure comprising a nave and a straight-ended chancel of the same width, with a narrower sacristy behind. A tower with entrance stands at the west end, topped by a square copper-clad spire and lantern. The interior is bright and unadorned, typical of the period's plain Empire style.

One notable feature is the altar arrangement set within an apse and marked with a mantle cross, a design now considered unusual and rarely preserved in churches of this era. The pews date from 1909 and were designed by the noted national romantic architect Torben Grut. A font from 1953 was built to designs by the architect Adolf Niklasson.

The main organ, on the west gallery, is a mechanical instrument with nineteen stops across two manuals and pedal, built in 1957 by Hammarbergs Orgelbyggeri; five stops from an earlier organ were incorporated into it. A smaller organ, with five stops on manual and pedal, stands on the floor of the church's south side, built by Robert Gustavsson Orgelbyggeri using donated funds.

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Lena kyrka

Lena kyrka is a whitewashed Empire-style church in the western part of Vårgårda municipality in Västergötland, built in 1835 to serve the three parishes of Lena, Bergstena and Fullestad. It belongs to Lena parish in the Diocese of Skara.

Kungsgatan 43, Vårgårda

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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: 21 Sep 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

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