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Tranums kyrka

Address
Råda församlingshem 1, 53196, Lidköping
Municipality
Lidköpings Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Tranums kyrka is a 19th-century parish church in the village of Tranum, in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It replaced a medieval stone church that stood roughly a kilometre away and was demolished when the present building was completed.



The current church was built between 1873 and 1874 to designs by the architect Gustaf Andersson, constructed of plastered rubble stone beneath a slate roof. A new sacristy was added to the north of the chancel in the early 1960s, designed by Adolf Niklasson.

The altarpiece is one of the church's oldest surviving furnishings, dating from 1702. It depicts a Calvary group carved in relief and painted in grey, green and red tones; sources attribute the carving to a sculptor connected with the so-called Läckö school, a workshop tradition associated with Läckö Castle in the region. It is a striking survival, having been retained from the earlier church.

The font, made of plaster with a brown octagonal bowl decorated with panels, and the polygonal brown pulpit both date from 1874, matching the completion of the new building.

The organ has nine stops across two manuals and pedal. One source describes it as a pneumatic instrument with an organ case featuring blind pipes, topped by a carved element salvaged from the old pulpit; the Wikipedia entry instead credits the organ's construction to Olof Hammarberg of Gothenburg in 1940. Visitors interested in the instrument's history should be aware these details are not fully reconcilable from the sources available.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Parking
  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop
  • Ramp

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A listed ramp does not confirm step-free access throughout the building.

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Tranums kyrka

Tranums kyrka is a 19th-century parish church in the village of Tranum, in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It replaced a medieval stone church that stood roughly a kilometre away and was demolished when the present building was completed.

Råda församlingshem 1, 53196, Lidköping

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Sources & credits

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: 29 Jun 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

Source record: d24b7e9a-8338-4a21-8732-84130bf0f6d8

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Church data retrieved 24 Sep 2026. Visiting details have not been independently verified.

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