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Umnäs kyrka

Address
Blåvägen 234, 92331, Storuman
Municipality
Storumans Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Luleå

Umnäs kyrka is a wooden church in the village of Umnäs, between Storuman and Tärnaby in northern Sweden. Built in 1925–1926 to designs by architect Anders Roland, it belongs to Stensele parish in the Diocese of Luleå and was consecrated in September 1926.



The church has a simple rectangular nave built from timber, with a sacristy attached to the north side. A narrower chancel was added to the east end in the 1970s, designed by architect Bengt Lidström, while the porch at the west end gained a tower in 1936. The exterior walls are clad in white-painted panelling, originally painted red, beneath a shingled saddle roof. Interestingly, the same architectural plans were reused two years later to build Åskilje kyrka nearby.

The surrounding churchyard was consecrated in 1930 and later extended in the 1980s with additional burial plots.

Inside, the altarpiece was painted by Gerda Höglund; an earlier altarpiece by Albert Grubbström has since been moved to Akkans kapell. The font was made by a local stone firm in Storuman, with a matching font bowl crafted by a goldsmith in Vilhelmina to a design by Victor Svedberg, who served as curate in Umnäs in the late 1940s.

The church's history includes more than one organ. An early instrument built in 1901 was later moved here from Risbäcks kyrka before eventually being placed in storage elsewhere in the parish. The organ currently in the church was relocated from Storuman's parish hall and is a mechanical instrument built by the Grönlunds organ workshop.

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Umnäs kyrka

Umnäs kyrka is a wooden church in the village of Umnäs, between Storuman and Tärnaby in northern Sweden. Built in 1925–1926 to designs by architect Anders Roland, it belongs to Stensele parish in the Diocese of Luleå and was consecrated in September 1926.

Blåvägen 234, 92331, Storuman

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