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Jarhois kapell

Address
Laestadíusvägen 38
Municipality
Pajala Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Luleå

Jarhois kapell is a small timber chapel in the village of Jarhois, in Pajala municipality, belonging to Pajala parish in the Diocese of Luleå. Built in 1961 to designs by architect Gunnar Angrén, it offers a simple but distinctive example of mid-20th-century Swedish church architecture.

The chapel was constructed in 1961 following plans by the architect Gunnar Angrén. It forms a single timber-framed building complex made up of two connected sections: an assembly hall with a shallow gabled roof, and the church itself, which has a steeper gabled roof topped with a small ridge turret.

The exterior walls are clad in grey-painted timber panelling, with a metal-sheet roof covering. Inside, the church room continues the restrained palette, with walls lined in grey-painted timber panelling and a ceiling finished in pale, lightly varnished panelling. The wooden floor is fitted with simple white-painted timber pews.

A freestanding bell tower with a pointed spire stands close to the chapel, a common feature of Swedish rural churches of this type and period.

Opening hours

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Parking
  • Toilet
  • Ramp
  • Accessible toilet

Listed by the provider; availability has not been independently checked. An unlisted facility is not necessarily unavailable.

A listed ramp does not confirm step-free access throughout the building.

Contact & official information

Pajala församling

Pajala församling

Jarhois kapell

Jarhois kapell is a small timber chapel in the village of Jarhois, in Pajala municipality, belonging to Pajala parish in the Diocese of Luleå. Built in 1961 to designs by architect Gunnar Angrén, it offers a simple but distinctive example of mid-20th-century Swedish church architecture.

Laestadíusvägen 38

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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: 14 Feb 2024. This is not an independent verification date.

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