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Segerstads kyrka

Address
Åslidsgatan 4A, 66451, Vålberg
Municipality
Karlstads Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Karlstad

Segerstads kyrka is a stone church in Värmland, built under the direction of the cathedral master builder Christian Haller and consecrated in 1747. It replaced an older wooden church, thought to be of medieval origin, which once stood a few kilometres to the north.



The white-plastered stone church was built between 1738 and 1747, replacing a wooden predecessor near Segerstadbyn that is said to have dated from soon after the Black Death; that earlier church was demolished around 1850. The present building has a rectangular nave with a three-sided chancel, a sacristy attached to the north side, and a tower to the west.

A west tower was added in the mid-18th century, but this was later replaced by the current tower, built in 1847-48. The steep hipped roof over the nave and the round-arched window openings are typical of Swedish church architecture of the period, and the interior is covered by a wooden barrel vault.

Much of the fixed interior was renewed in the later 19th century in the fashion of the time, including a pulpit with an octagonal body made in 1862. In the early 20th century, restoration work under the architect Bror Almquist adjusted the pews and ceiling, and later 20th-century restorations aimed to recover something of the church's earlier appearance.

Among the church's furnishings are a soapstone font from the 13th century and an oak sculpture of the Madonna dating from around 1300, both notably older than the present building. The current altarpiece was made in 1946 to designs by the architect Elis Kjellin, incorporating older carved elements from around 1700.

The organ, built in 1869-70 by Erik Adolf Setterquist and later altered, is said to include two stops surviving from an earlier organ built in 1753 for Karlstad Cathedral by Jonas Gren and Petter Stråhle.

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Segerstads kyrka

Segerstads kyrka is a stone church in Värmland, built under the direction of the cathedral master builder Christian Haller and consecrated in 1747. It replaced an older wooden church, thought to be of medieval origin, which once stood a few kilometres to the north.

Åslidsgatan 4A, 66451, Vålberg

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Norrstrandskyrkan

Norrstrandskyrkan, in the Sundsta district of Karlstad, was built in 1959 to designs attributed to the architect Sten Gumaelius (recorded in some sources as Sten Hummel-Gumælius). It serves Norrstrand parish within the Diocese of Karlstad.

Drottning Kristinas väg 7, 654 63, Karlstad

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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: 11 Apr 2023. 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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