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Örslösa kyrka

Address
Råda församlingshem 1, 53196, Lidköping
Municipality
Lidköpings Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Örslösa kyrka is a parish church in the village of Örslösa, in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Part of an earlier medieval church was demolished in 1799, and the building was largely rebuilt the following year, later taking its present form after a 1902 restoration.



A limestone plaque above the south entrance records that the church was rebuilt from its foundations in 1800, during the eighth year of King Gustav IV Adolf's reign. When the earlier medieval church was partly pulled down in 1799, its tower and west wall were deliberately spared and incorporated into the new building, whose designs came from the Överintendentämbetet (the royal office of buildings). The medieval tower, built of sandstone blocks, contrasts with the greystone walls of the rest of the church, which are rendered and painted white.

The result, reflecting the taste of its period, is a rectangular nave with large round-arched windows and a straight-ended chancel to the east. The saddle roof is hipped over the chancel and covered in grey slate, while the tower roof flares outward at its base, also slated, with a clock face on each side.

A thorough restoration in 1902 gave the church much of its present appearance, including a new pulpit, altarpiece and pews. The polygonal, grey-painted pulpit was made that year to designs by the architect Axel Lindegren. Several artworks in the church, including images of the apostles that once decorated the gallery front of the older church, are attributed to the so-called Läckö school of painters.

Among the furnishings is a gneiss font given to the church in 1958, its cylindrical basin decorated with a relief dove; a medieval font base and a carved lily stone also survive from the earlier building. Three copper coffins, two for adults and one for a child, are said to be interred beneath the chancel. The church's eleven-stop organ dates from 1962, and the building also houses a harpsichord and a grand piano acquired in 2000.

The church underwent an extensive interior renovation completed in 2007, and was more substantially altered in 2013, when an extension was built to combine the church and the parish hall within a single structure, adding an entrance, small kitchen and toilets.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Parking
  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop
  • Ramp
  • Accessible toilet

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

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Örslösa kyrka

Örslösa kyrka is a parish church in the village of Örslösa, in Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Part of an earlier medieval church was demolished in 1799, and the building was largely rebuilt the following year, later taking its present form after a 1902 restoration.

Råda församlingshem 1, 53196, Lidköping

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Sources & credits

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: 28 Apr 2026. This is not an independent verification date.

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