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Lindbergs kyrka

Address
Lindbergs församlingshem, 43292, Varberg
Municipality
Varbergs Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Göteborg

Lindbergs kyrka is a parish church in Lindberg, near Varberg in Halland, belonging to Lindberga parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. This whitewashed neoclassical building, completed in 1853, stands on a site with a long history of earlier churches.



The present church was built between 1851 and 1853 by builders from Sandhult parish, replacing an earlier church of 1803 that had itself stood for only about forty years. That building, in turn, had replaced a medieval church. It is thought that some material from the 1803 church may have been reused in the current structure.

The building is constructed of whitewashed stone, with a west tower topped by a lantern and slender spire, decorated with corner pilaster strips and dentil ornamentation. The long, broad nave ends in a three-sided chancel. The roof is tiled, apart from the tower, which is covered in sheet metal, and the church has four entrances, one facing each cardinal direction.

Inside, visitors can see six surviving fragments of a medieval limestone font imported from Gotland, including a base plate and a slightly conical shaft, offering a tangible link to the site's earlier medieval church. The pulpit and the classicist-style altarpiece both date from the time of the church's construction in the 1850s. A striking survival from a much earlier period is a triumphal crucifix from the late 14th century, which hangs on the south wall of the chancel.

The church underwent extensive interior painting works in 1904–1906, when the altarpiece received rich decorative treatment. Further restorations followed in 1936, when central heating was installed, the floor replaced, and the ceiling clad internally with masonite, along with a new colour scheme. Additional restoration work took place in 1961, 1967, and 1979–1980, with pest control carried out in 1982 to address wood-boring beetle damage. A renovation in 2000, followed by restoration of the altarpiece, pulpit, font, hymn number boards, and altar rail in 2001, aimed to give the chancel fittings a more unified colour scheme.

The church's two bells date from 1703 and 1808 respectively, the older and smaller of the two being the earlier casting. The original organ was built in 1856 by Johan Nikolaus Söderling, and its façade survives today, although the mechanism itself was rebuilt in 1913 and then replaced in 1969 with a new mechanical instrument from Tostareds Kyrkorgelfabrik, incorporating some of the older pipework.

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Lindberga församling

Lindbergs kyrka

Lindbergs kyrka is a parish church in Lindberg, near Varberg in Halland, belonging to Lindberga parish in the Diocese of Gothenburg. This whitewashed neoclassical building, completed in 1853, stands on a site with a long history of earlier churches.

Lindbergs församlingshem, 43292, Varberg

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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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