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Gunnarsbyns kyrka

Address
Klockstapelvägen 4, 961 97, GUNNARSBYN
Municipality
Bodens Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Luleå

Gunnarsbyns kyrka serves Gunnarsbyn parish, which is the smallest in the Boden area by population yet the largest by area. This wooden church, tucked away in Norrbotten, offers a quietly distinctive example of early twentieth-century Swedish church design.



The church was designed by the architect Torben Grut and consecrated in 1928. It has a timber frame resting on a low plinth of hewn stone, with facades clad in white-painted, vertical wooden panelling that gives the building a crisp, orderly appearance typical of the period.

The steep saddle roof was originally covered with wood shingles, later replaced with sheet metal, a practical change common to many timber churches in the region as maintenance needs evolved over the decades.

The building follows a simple plan: a long nave oriented southwest to northeast, with a lower, narrower porch at the southwest end and a similarly reduced chancel to the northeast, to which a sacristy is attached on the northwest side.

Inside, an eight-sided pulpit with a slender sounding board stands to the left of the church interior. The altarpiece was painted by Gunnar Torhamn, and the current organ dates from 1978.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop

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Gunnarsbyns kyrka

Gunnarsbyns kyrka serves Gunnarsbyn parish, which is the smallest in the Boden area by population yet the largest by area. This wooden church, tucked away in Norrbotten, offers a quietly distinctive example of early twentieth-century Swedish church design.

Klockstapelvägen 4, 961 97, GUNNARSBYN

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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: 12 Apr 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

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