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Torps kyrka

Address
Kyrkvägen 3, 45831, Färgelanda
Municipality
Färgelanda Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Karlstad

Torps kyrka is a small 18th-century stone church in Dalsland, built under the leadership of parish vicar Uddo Ullman but not completed until 1755. It likely stands on the site of an earlier medieval church, and forms part of a modest parish centre with a rectory and school buildings nearby.



Torps kyrka was built between 1750 and 1755 by the parishioners themselves, under the direction of vicar Uddo Ullman. Although the present building is not medieval, its plain, white-plastered form with a three-sided chancel echoes the older stone churches typical of the Dalsland countryside, many of which do date from the Middle Ages. A wooden porch was added to the west gable in 1935, replacing an earlier one, and a sacristy was built on the north side of the chancel the same year; sources differ on whether this sacristy was later rebuilt or enlarged in 1988 or 1998.

Despite these additions, the church has kept its simple exterior character. Inside, several layers of history are visible: the altarpiece and pulpit date from the 18th century, the pews from 1916, and the gallery decoration and carved wooden reliefs from the 1950s, a period of notable improvement funded by a donation.

A particular highlight is the painted chancel window, created by the Gothenburg artist Gunnar Erik Ström, showing Mary and the Christ child with the three wise men. The pulpit, carved and repainted in red and brown tones, carries evangelist symbols added in the 1950s beneath an octagonal canopy.

The granite font, according to an inscribed dish, was donated to the church in 1926. The west gallery rests on eleven marbled columns with simple capitals, and its balustrade bears carved reliefs from the 1950s depicting an all-seeing eye flanked by trumpeting angels.

Outside the old churchyard's north wall stands a separate bell tower of heavy oak logs, clad in falu-red boarding beneath a metal-capped spire. Its age is uncertain, though it may be as old as the church itself. The organ was rebuilt in 2006 in a classicising style, reusing pipework from an earlier 1945 instrument.

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Färgelanda-Högsäters församling

Torps kyrka

Torps kyrka is a small 18th-century stone church in Dalsland, built under the leadership of parish vicar Uddo Ullman but not completed until 1755. It likely stands on the site of an earlier medieval church, and forms part of a modest parish centre with a rectory and school buildings nearby.

Kyrkvägen 3, 45831, Färgelanda

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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: 13 Aug 2024. This is not an independent verification date.

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