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Skillingaryds kyrka

Address
Östra Vasagatan 19, 56832, Skillingaryd
Municipality
Vaggeryds Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Växjö

Skillingaryds kyrka is the parish church of Skillingaryd in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. Consecrated in 1941, it stands within the Diocese of Växjö and serves the local Church of Sweden congregation.



The church was built in 1941 to designs by architect Paul Boberg. Interestingly, it was originally intended to serve as a parish hall rather than a church, but the finished building was instead consecrated as a church on the second Sunday of Advent 1941, by Bishop Yngve Brilioth. A renovation took place in 1981.

One of the more distinctive features inside is the al secco painting in the chancel, created by the artist Torsten Hjelm. Painted in 1941, it depicts the Great Commission of Christ, and was reworked by the same artist to reach its final form in 1981.

The furnishings reflect this mid-twentieth-century character alongside later additions. The present altar, made of soap-treated pine to a design by furniture architect Nils-Göran Gustafsson of Skillingaryd, was consecrated in 1992. The oak font, carved by sculptor Erik Sand of Strängnäs, was consecrated in 1942, together with a silver baptismal bowl forged the same year by silversmith Oskar Arnold Karlström. A votive ship by Konrad Walther, given to the church in 1981, hangs above the entrance to the sacristy.

The church has had more than one organ. A pneumatic gallery organ built in 1950 by the John Grönvall organ workshop of Lilla Edet was later taken out of use, and a chancel organ of 18 stops across two manuals, built by Västbo Orgelbyggeri, was inaugurated in 1991.

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Skillingaryds församling

Skillingaryds kyrka

Skillingaryds kyrka is the parish church of Skillingaryd in Jönköping County, southern Sweden. Consecrated in 1941, it stands within the Diocese of Växjö and serves the local Church of Sweden congregation.

Östra Vasagatan 19, 56832, Skillingaryd

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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: 24 Jul 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

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

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