Brunns kyrka stands on a hill just west of Ulricehamn, a granite church clearly visible to travellers on the road below. It replaced a small medieval church, likely dating to the 1100s, whose foundations can still be traced nearby.
The medieval church that preceded the present building probably stood from the 1100s, though poorly maintained by the late 1800s. Its final service was held in November 1893, after which its walls were partly preserved and restored; they remain visible in a hollow a short distance from the new church, built the same year in the Gothic Revival style favoured across western Sweden at the time. The rough granite and gneiss facade, contrasted with yellow brick, and the tall pointed spire give the exterior a striking presence, largely unchanged since construction.
An inscription above the entrance marks the building's completion in 1893, timed to coincide with the 300th anniversary of the Uppsala Synod. The interior, however, looks quite different from its original form: a major restoration in 1927, led by Axel Forssén, replaced the open timber roof with a plywood barrel vault, altered the windows, and widened the gallery. Despite these changes, several treasured furnishings from the old church were reinstated, including a decorated gallery front whose paintings — featuring an all-seeing eye and medallions of six apostles — were uncovered and restored at this time.
Among the church's oldest and most striking possessions is a sandstone font attributed to a named medieval stonemason, generally dated to the 1100s, decorated with reliefs and set beside the chancel. An oak crucifix flanked by four female figures, thought to date from the second half of the 1400s, also survives from the earlier building, alongside a stone altar with a painted altarpiece from the 1600s depicting the institution of the Eucharist and the Crucifixion.
The pulpit and altar furnishings were made by the councilman Hans Christoffer Datan, also responsible for similar work in Ulricehamn's church. Two bells hang in the tower, one dating from the late 1600s and the other from the 1770s, along with an iron-bound oak chest used historically as a parish strongbox. A finely worked silver collection dish and an embossed silver wafer box, both from the 1600s and 1700s respectively, remain among the church's treasured smaller items. The organ, built in 1927 with fourteen stops, is reported to be no longer playable, with a digital organ now used in its place.
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Ulricehamns pastorat
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Brunns kyrka stands on a hill just west of Ulricehamn, a granite church clearly visible to travellers on the road below. It replaced a small medieval church, likely dating to the 1100s, whose foundations can still be traced nearby.
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