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Bodums kyrka

Address
Backevägen 12
Municipality
Strömsunds kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Härnösand

Bodums kyrka is a wooden church in Rossön, Strömsunds kommun, inaugurated in 1884 to designs by the architect Johan Adolf Hawerman. It replaced an earlier timber church of 1799 and remains a striking landmark of the surrounding Jämtland countryside.



The church was built in 1882–83 and consecrated on 27 July 1884. It is often described as the most accomplished of Hawerman's church designs, with a cruciform plan, a tower over the crossing topped by a tall spire, and tall, narrow windows piercing the white-painted timber façade (originally yellow, repainted white in 1971). The roof, once covered in tarred paper, was replaced with black sheet metal in 1906 and later with copper in 1987.

Inside, the three-aisled nave has an organ gallery and broad side galleries, while the chancel is framed by a wide arched opening and lit by a large east window. The current stained-glass window in the chancel was created in 1968 by Kerstin Bränngård of Strömsund.

A renovation in 1937 enlarged the organ gallery and added a new staircase and porch, and several fittings were brought over from the old church, including one of the pulpits. The church notably houses two pulpits: the older is said to be the oldest in Ångermanland, dated 1630, and is believed to have come from the demolished medieval church at Lit.

Other furnishings include a font made by Eric Gnista, presented to the church in 1928, and an organ of twenty stops built in 1945 by E. A. Setterquist & Son of Örebro. The church tower underwent renovation works carried out in 2023.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Parking
  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop
  • Ramp
  • Accessible toilet

Listed by the provider; availability has not been independently checked. An unlisted facility is not necessarily unavailable.

A listed ramp does not confirm step-free access throughout the building.

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Bodums kyrka

Bodums kyrka is a wooden church in Rossön, Strömsunds kommun, inaugurated in 1884 to designs by the architect Johan Adolf Hawerman. It replaced an earlier timber church of 1799 and remains a striking landmark of the surrounding Jämtland countryside.

Backevägen 12

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Svegs kyrka

Svegs kyrka is a stone church in the centre of Sveg, Jämtland, built in 1845–47 with a tower and a narrower sacristy to the east. It stands on a site with a much longer history…

Vallarvägen 4, Sveg

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Sources & credits

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: 23 Jan 2025. This is not an independent verification date.

Source record: b2f79a45-b876-4f1b-9b4d-5efbff882417

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

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– är aktuell.
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