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Norrfors kyrka

Address
Kungsvägen 46, 91432, NORDMALING
Municipality
Nordmalings Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Luleå

Norrfors kyrka is a wooden parish church at Norrfors in Nordmaling parish, part of the Diocese of Luleå in Västerbotten. Built in the early 1920s, it stands as a fairly late example of Swedish timber church architecture in the Norrland region.



The church was built in 1922–1923 to designs by the architect Knut Nordenskjöld, and was consecrated in January 1923 by Bishop Olof Bergqvist. It has since been restored twice, in 1954 under Erik Fant and again in 1988 under Rolf Sixtensson.

The building consists of a rectangular nave with a narrower chancel to the south-west and a tower to the north-east. The timber frame is clad in pale greyish-brown wooden panelling, and the nave roof is covered with clay tiles. The tower is topped by an onion-shaped dome and a cross-bearing spire, giving the exterior a distinctive silhouette among Swedish wooden churches.

Inside, the church is divided into three aisles, with pillars separating the central nave from the narrower side aisles. The nave ceiling has a trefoil vault, while the side aisles are flat-ceilinged; the boarded ceiling throughout has been finished in a blue wash. The chancel window holds a stained-glass window by Yngve Lundström depicting the theme of the heavenly Jerusalem, a striking focal point for visitors.

Among the furnishings, the altarpiece is a triptych by the artist Gunnar Torhamn. The font combines a stand donated by the Norrfors joinery works with a basin given in 1929 by a local church youth group, a small but telling record of community involvement in the church's fittings. The current organ was built by Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri of Gammelstad and was inaugurated in March 1958, while the church bells were cast in 1922 by the Bergholtz bell foundry.

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Norrfors kyrka

Norrfors kyrka is a wooden parish church at Norrfors in Nordmaling parish, part of the Diocese of Luleå in Västerbotten. Built in the early 1920s, it stands as a fairly late example of Swedish timber church architecture in the Norrland region.

Kungsvägen 46, 91432, NORDMALING

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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: 9 Jun 2022. 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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