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Mofalla kyrka

Address
Regeringsgatan 12, 544 30, HJO
Municipality
Hjo Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Mofalla kyrka is a small wooden church in Hjo kommun, Västra Götaland, whose oldest timber parts date from the late 1400s. A thorough 1730s rebuilding gave the church much of the interior visitors see today, later altered again by Victorian and mid-twentieth-century restorers.



The timber church was extended eastward in 1730–1733, when the porch was moved from the south wall to the west gable and a gallery was installed in the western part of the nave. In 1845 the chancel was widened to match the full width of the nave, and the exterior has remained essentially unchanged since then, with white-painted panelling, small-paned windows and a hipped, shingle-covered roof strongly reflecting its eighteenth-century character.

The eighteenth-century wall and ceiling paintings, created in 1739, were largely removed during the 1845 renovation, though part of a painting survives in the chancel arch. A major restoration in 1953 uncovered the bare log walls with their decorative painting around windows and doors and reinstated two older ceilings: one bearing rare late-medieval roundels with stylised flowers, thought to date from the 1480s and among the few such survivals, and another with acanthus scrollwork in the style of the Läckö school, painted by Johan Nevertz in 1739.

The bell tower dates from the 1500s and holds two bells. The smaller is said to be among the smallest surviving bells bearing runic script, tentatively linked to around 1200, though such early dating should be treated with some caution.

Among the church's furnishings are a seated birch Madonna sculpture attributed to the twelfth century, a mid-fifteenth-century birch carving of Christ with a deacon, and a triumphal crucifix said to date from the close of the thirteenth century. The Baroque altarpiece and pulpit were made by Bengt Wedulin in 1731 and 1722 respectively, and a carved wooden trumpeting angel hanging in the chancel arch is in similar style.

The present organ was built by Ålems Orgelverkstad in 2002 and has seven stops; it was designed to echo the character of the older, amateur-built folk organ once used in the church, which has since been moved to Härjevad old church in the Västergötland museum's heritage village.

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Mofalla kyrka

Mofalla kyrka is a small wooden church in Hjo kommun, Västra Götaland, whose oldest timber parts date from the late 1400s. A thorough 1730s rebuilding gave the church much of the interior visitors see today, later altered again by Victorian and mid-twentieth-century restorers.

Regeringsgatan 12, 544 30, HJO

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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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