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Daretorps kyrka

Address
522 91, Tidaholm
Municipality
Tidaholms kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Daretorps kyrka is a parish church in Daretorp, in Tidaholm municipality within Skara diocese. Built of stone in 1761 to replace an outgrown medieval church, it presents whitewashed walls and, unusually, no tower, with its bells housed instead in a separate wooden bell tower.



The present church rose in 1761 after the small medieval building on the site was demolished, having become too cramped for the growing congregation. The long, low profile is typical of many rural Swedish churches of the period, with rendered stone walls and a plain gable form. The sacristy and porch were added later, in 1886, when new windows were also fitted; a further restoration followed in 1949.

Inside, the most striking feature is the rococo altarpiece of 1770, depicting the Crucifixion, carved by the local artist Jöns Lindberg of Sandhem. Lindberg was also responsible for the pulpit's carved body and for an unusual font in the form of a wooden angel, which can be lowered from the chancel ceiling to serve as a baptismal font before being raised again. The pulpit's canopy, however, is older, said to date from the late seventeenth century and salvaged from the earlier medieval church.

Other survivals from that older building include a heavy, iron-studded oak door, now set into the sacristy wall, and a pair of memorial tablets to former parish clergy from the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The church also retains eighteenth-century silver communion vessels and pewter candlesticks, along with a striking clock mechanism recorded from 1765.

The freestanding, shingle-clad bell tower dates from around 1699–1702 and was built by Anders Bengtsson of Jönköping. Its two bells were recast in 1792 and 1816; the tower itself underwent thorough renovation in 1991, according to one source.

The church organ, rebuilt in 1957 and comprising thirteen stops, retains a façade from an earlier instrument installed in 1887.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Hearing loop
  • Ramp
  • Accessible toilet

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

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Daretorps kyrka

Daretorps kyrka is a parish church in Daretorp, in Tidaholm municipality within Skara diocese. Built of stone in 1761 to replace an outgrown medieval church, it presents whitewashed walls and, unusually, no tower, with its bells housed instead in a separate wooden bell tower.

522 91, Tidaholm

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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: 11 Aug 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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– är aktuell.
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– alltid är tillgänglig.

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