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Åsarne nya kyrka

Address
Skansmon 407, Åsarna
Municipality
Bergs Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Härnösand

Åsarne nya kyrka is a twentieth-century parish church in the village of Åsarna, Jämtland, serving Åsarne parish within the Diocese of Härnösand. It stands within a forest cemetery laid out in 1947, and replaced an older church nearby.



The present church was built in 1966 to designs by the architect Tore Virke, giving it a mid-twentieth-century character quite different from the older timber and stone churches typical of the region. It was constructed of brick and sits in a woodland burial ground established some two decades earlier, a setting that gives the churchyard a quiet, forested character.

Although the building itself is modern, several furnishings were brought over from the earlier Åsarne church, most notably the pulpit. It was carved in 1759 by Jonas Granberg, though interestingly it was not originally made for Åsarne at all but for Bergs kyrka, before later finding its way here.

Other notable fittings include a font shaped like a ship, made by Erik Sand, and two church bells cast at the Bergholtz bell foundry in Sigtuna. Together these objects link the new building to older traditions of craftsmanship even as its architecture marks a clear break with the past.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop

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Åsarne nya kyrka

Åsarne nya kyrka is a twentieth-century parish church in the village of Åsarna, Jämtland, serving Åsarne parish within the Diocese of Härnösand. It stands within a forest cemetery laid out in 1947, and replaced an older church nearby.

Skansmon 407, Åsarna

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Church information: Svenska kyrkan, Platser · CC BY 4.0. Each church page includes its credits and visiting notes.

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Kapellgården

Here you will find old chapels, the Chapel of Light, Skön parish's administrative office and cemetery administration, as well as the crematorium.

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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: 20 Jul 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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