Ankarede kapell

A burial ground was consecrated at Ankarede in 1802, and a small prayer house already stood here, used once a year when a priest travelled from the mother church at Gäddede to hold services for both Sámi communities from the surrounding mountains and settler farmers from nearby hamlets. From 1861 services were held twice yearly. That early chapel was a modest single-room building with a rectangular altar rail, pulpit, pews and a numbers board, but by 1880 it was recorded as being in very poor condition, and it was demolished in 1895.

The present timber chapel was built in 1895–96 on a simple dry-stone foundation, its walls clad in painted panelling and its roof covered in wooden shingles with carved dragon-head finials at the ridge ends. The builder, F.J. Svensson, an incomer from Småland, undertook to build both the chapel and an adjoining priest's cottage for a fixed price, using timber donated by the forestry company that held felling rights over the surrounding land. A porch was later added in front of the tower entrance.

Before restoration work in 1953–54 the interior reflected Gothic Revival taste, with painted moulding on the altar wall echoed on the gallery front and pulpit. That restoration modernised the interior and introduced the brown-stained wall panelling seen today; further repairs followed in 2004–05, including replacement of roof shingles and sections of the eaves.

The pulpit and gallery are thought to date from the chapel's construction, and the pulpit carries the emblem of the Frostviken Sámi association. Wall candelabra, a chandelier, candlesticks and a numbers board were designed and donated in 1939 by the schoolteacher and honorary doctor Levi Johansson. The altarpiece, depicting Christ calming the storm, is the work of Helge Linden from the 1950s restoration, and the wooden font with red and blue decoration dates from the same period. Collection bags of Sámi craftwork also feature among the furnishings.

Adjoining the chapel is a kyrkstad, or church village, of small cabins and Sámi kåtor built for overnight stays during services, since the district only gained a proper road in the 1920s. It is said to be the only such church village in Jämtland county still in active use, notably filling with visitors during a Sámi church festival held around midsummer, and it is recognised as being of national interest for its cultural heritage value.