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Sandviks kyrka

Address
Sandviks kyrka, 333 78, Burseryd
Municipality
Gislaveds Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Växjö

Sandviks kyrka stands on a peninsula in Lake Fegen, in Gislaved Municipality. The current stone church dates from 1899, though a place of worship is thought to have existed here since the early 1100s, making this a site with a long, if patchily documented, history.



A church built here in the 1600s was destroyed by fire in 1896. The present building, a granite structure in the neo-Gothic style, was completed in 1899 to designs by the architects Gustaf Petterson and Sven Gratz. Its layout follows a fairly traditional plan, with a nave, a narrower polygonal chancel to the east, a tower to the west, and a sacristy added to the north of the chancel.

An extensive interior restoration in 1985 uncovered and reinstated the original decorative scheme of red, green, gold and oak-grain paintwork, giving the church its distinctive period colour palette today.

The leaded chancel windows carry stained glass depicting the Crucifixion and the Resurrection, a focal point for visitors entering the church.

Among the furnishings, an altarpiece built in 1744 by Sven Segervall is of particular interest: it was rescued from the earlier church before it burned down in 1896, forming a direct physical link to the building that preceded the present one. A carved trumpeting angel figure by Erik Nilsson of Harplinge is also part of the church's furnishings.

The church has had more than one organ. An 1882 instrument by Johannes Andersson of Långaryd was succeeded by the current mechanical organ, built in 1901 by Johannes Magnusson of Gothenburg.

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Sandviks kyrka

Sandviks kyrka stands on a peninsula in Lake Fegen, in Gislaved Municipality. The current stone church dates from 1899, though a place of worship is thought to have existed here since the early 1100s, making this a site with a long, if patchily documented, history.

Sandviks kyrka, 333 78, Burseryd

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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: 7 Sep 2026. This is not an independent verification date.

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