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Bjuröklubbs kapell

Municipality
Skellefteå Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Luleå

Bjuröklubbs kapell is a small timber fishermen's chapel on the Bjuröklubb headland in Västerbotten. The present building was consecrated in 1864, replacing an earlier chapel of 1658, and stands on a site with a long tradition of worship at the meeting point of sea and land.



The chapel site at Bjuröklubb has a history stretching back centuries. A low chapel building, similar to those found in Ångermanland, was first erected here in 1658, standing about 30 metres north of today's chapel. That earlier structure was moved during the 1860s to Kyrkbordet in Lövånger, where it served as a barn, before finally being demolished in the 1970s to make way for the new E4 highway. There is also a suggestion that an even older chapel site, possibly dating back to the 1500s, existed nearby at the so-called Jungfruhamnsgraven, though this remains uncertain.

The present chapel was built in 1864 by the villagers themselves, working under master builder Ulrik Forsman of Bjurön, who may also have provided the design. It is a simple timber building on a near-rectangular or square plan, oriented west to east, originally topped with a hipped or tent-shaped roof covered in wooden shingles and crowned with a white timber cross bearing a weathervane and a wooden globe.

The timber walls were originally left bare and painted red, with white-painted door and window surrounds. During a substantial renovation in 1934–35 the building was clad with boarding and painted white throughout, giving it much of its present appearance. Inside, the ceiling is a coved panelled form known as a tredingstak, finished in white-painted board.

The interior is plain and atmospheric: a soap-scoured wooden floor, unpainted timber pews with simple plank seats and backs, and a white-painted altar pulpit that, along with the pews, forms part of the chapel's original fixed furnishings. A pentagonal white-painted altar rail was added during the 1934–35 renovation, and the altarpiece depicting Christ dates from 1930. Look out for the small votive ship hanging in the front right corner, a treadle organ, and two collection bags said to be covered in sealskin — reminders of the chapel's close ties to the fishing community it has long served.

Beyond worship, the chapel also had a practical winter role, its ceiling hooks once used to store fishing nets when the building stood empty between seasons.

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Bjuröklubbs kapell

Bjuröklubbs kapell is a small timber fishermen's chapel on the Bjuröklubb headland in Västerbotten. The present building was consecrated in 1864, replacing an earlier chapel of 1658, and stands on a site with a long tradition of worship at the meeting point of sea and land.

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