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Anderstorps kyrka

Address
Storgatan 33, 334 32, Anderstorp
Municipality
Gislaveds Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Växjö

Anderstorps kyrka is a parish church in Anderstorp, Jönköpings län, built in 1853–56 to designs by Abraham Rafael Pettersson of the Överintendentsämbetet (the Swedish royal office of buildings). It replaced an earlier wooden church on a site nearby.



The church stands in a late Neoclassical style as a single-nave hall church with a rounded chancel of the same width as the nave. Its west tower is topped with a shallow copper roof and a lantern crowned by a slender spire, while the roofs over the nave and chancel are covered in slate. A sacristy on the north side was enlarged in 1967, though the exterior otherwise remains largely as built.

Inside, the church has a wide, simply decorated hall-like interior in keeping with its Neoclassical origins. It was repainted between 1965 and 1967 in grey-white tones, with ochre-yellow mouldings and rustic-style marbling on pew doors and cornices. The original wrought crucifix that once stood in the altarpiece was replaced in 1981 by a carved wooden figure of Christ by Margaretha Engström; the earlier crucifix is now kept in the sacristy.

A few older fittings survive from the previous church, including a late Rococo pulpit of 1772 made by Sven Nilsson Morin, one of the few pieces retained from the old building. Morin is also credited with the case of the floor clock and eight painted panels, originally part of the old church's gallery front, now displayed in the porch.

The church's organ has been rebuilt several times, reflecting a common pattern in Swedish parish churches: an instrument by Frans Andersson of Stockholm was installed in 1861, followed by a new organ in 1926 from Nordfors & Co of Lidköping, and a mechanical organ built in 1972 by Olof Hammarberg of Gothenburg, set behind the earlier 1861 façade.

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  • Hearing loop

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Anderstorps kyrka

Anderstorps kyrka is a parish church in Anderstorp, Jönköpings län, built in 1853–56 to designs by Abraham Rafael Pettersson of the Överintendentsämbetet (the Swedish royal office of buildings). It replaced an earlier wooden church on a site nearby.

Storgatan 33, 334 32, Anderstorp

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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: 1 Sep 2026. 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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