Ludvika Ulrika kyrka, consecrated in 1752, is a cruciform timber church set among greenery within the Old Churchyard in Ludvika. Named after Queen Lovisa Ulrika, it replaced an earlier 17th-century chapel and later became the parish church when Ludvika gained independent status.
The church began life as a chapel serving Grangärde parish, replacing a small wooden chapel of 1652 that once stood at Hammarbacken. When Ludvika became its own parish in 1863, the building took on the role of parish church, and the surrounding churchyard was established after burial rights were granted in 1782.
The exterior has changed appearance over the centuries: originally faluröd (red-painted) with exposed log walls, it was clad in panelling in 1790 and painted white, before being covered in wooden shingles in the early twentieth century. The building only received a proper foundation during renovation work of 1908–1909, and the current bell tower, designed by architect Gustaf Améen, dates from the same period, replacing earlier structures raised alongside the church in the 1750s and rebuilt in the 1850s.
Inside, the vaulted ceiling was covered with plaster in 1885, but structural problems led to the original painted wooden boarding being restored in the early 1990s, when rotten roof timbers were also discovered and repaired. A panelled dado running around the interior, added in 1908, incorporates timber reused from the church's former enclosed pews.
The pulpit is thought to date from around the time the church was built, and shares stylistic features with the altar arrangement; the altarpiece itself, depicting the Crucifixion, was painted by Karl Vilhelm Nordgren in 1830, with an older altarpiece now hanging in the south aisle. The stone font, carved by sculptor Erik Sand in 1954–1955, bears a relief of a cross piercing a dragon, echoing the themes of a wooden wall relief depicting the Virgin in glory and Saint George and the dragon. A triumphal crucifix by Arvid Backlund and wrought ironwork by Nils Aron Berge also date from this mid-1950s renovation.
The church has occasionally found itself at the centre of contemporary events: during a period when far-right demonstrations took place in the town, Bishop Mikael Mogren spoke from the altar of the church's role in opposing violent extremism, a reminder that this modest wooden church has continued to hold meaning for the town beyond its historic fabric.
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Ludvika församling
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Ludvika Ulrika kyrka, consecrated in 1752, is a cruciform timber church set among greenery within the Old Churchyard in Ludvika. Named after Queen Lovisa Ulrika, it replaced an earlier 17th-century chapel and later became the parish church when Ludvika gained independent status.
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