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Öglunda kyrka

Address
Malmgatan 3, 53231, Skara
Municipality
Skara Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Öglunda kyrka is a small parish church in Öglunda, in the Skara district of Västra Götaland, Sweden. Its origins reach back to the 12th century, though its current layout owes much to a dramatic 19th-century rebuilding that reoriented the whole church.



The original Romanesque church was built of limestone, probably in the 1100s, and consisted of a rectangular nave, a west tower and a straight-ended chancel to the east. The bonding of the tower and nave walls shows they were constructed together as a single campaign.

In 1883 the church underwent a substantial transformation: a new nave was built crosswise over the old one, turning the orientation of the worship space from east-west to north-south. The main entrance moved to the north side, and a new chancel was established on the south side, marked by a group of three windows. The medieval chancel in the east was converted first into a sacristy, then in 1949 into a baptismal chapel, while the base of the old tower - formerly a porch - became the new sacristy.

The nave and the eastern transept (the old chancel) have saddle roofs covered in single-curved clay tile, while the tower's pyramidal roof is shingled and topped with a copper cross. Inside, the ceiling is a wooden trefoil-shaped construction. The furnishings largely reflect 19th-century taste, though the oak font and the stained glass in the southern chancel windows date from the 20th century.

Among the church's older possessions is a velvet chasuble from 1644, and a set of communion vessels donated the same year by Hindrich Reuter, bearing his coat of arms. An earlier soapstone font was sold off in 1840, its replacement arriving over a century later, in 1951. The current organ was supplied in 1950 by Nordfors & Son of Lidköping, with a case designed by Adolf Niklasson and built locally by Valter Lundqvist.

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Öglunda kyrka

Öglunda kyrka is a small parish church in Öglunda, in the Skara district of Västra Götaland, Sweden. Its origins reach back to the 12th century, though its current layout owes much to a dramatic 19th-century rebuilding that reoriented the whole church.

Malmgatan 3, 53231, Skara

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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: 18 Apr 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

Source record: 63319a98-de70-4434-9a8f-89436c0967c1

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Church data retrieved 24 Sep 2026. Visiting details have not been independently verified.

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