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Finnerödja kyrka

Address
Kyrkogatan 6, 69530, Laxå
Municipality
Laxå Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Strängnäs

Finnerödja kyrka is the parish church of Finnerödja-Tiveds församling, standing in the village of Finnerödja in Laxå kommun, Örebro län. Built of local sandstone, it replaced earlier wooden churches on or near the site and remains a notable example of 18th-century rural church architecture.



The present church was consecrated in 1763, built from sandstone quarried locally. It has a rectangular nave with a three-sided chancel to the east, a sacristy to the north of the chancel, and porches on both the north and south sides of the nave. A tower rises at the western end, and the roof is hipped and shingled, with the whitewashed walls supported by buttresses.

Before this building, a small timber church with a ridge turret stood on the site, thought to date from the 1620s, around the time the Skagersholm ironworks was established nearby. An even earlier wooden chapel, known as Rörans kapell, is said to have stood in the area, and some of its foundation stones are reported to survive.

Much of the original 18th-century interior remains, including pew doors typical of the period and a painted gallery front illustrating biblical scenes. The church underwent restoration in 1919–1920 under architect Anders Roland, and again in 1965–1968 under Erik B. Lundberg, who reinforced the 18th-century character of the interior while introducing some modern elements, including a marble altar and brass light fittings.

Several fittings predate the current building: the altarpiece dates from 1673 and the pulpit from 1698, both originally from the earlier 17th-century chapel. The font is contemporary with the present church. Two historic bells survive — a larger one cast in Stockholm in 1731 by Erik Näsman, and a smaller one made in 1677 by Johan Meijer, also of Stockholm.

The church has two organs. The main instrument on the west gallery was built in 1939, incorporating the earlier 1878 organ case and some of its original pipework, and was later modified in 1960. A smaller organ was installed in the chancel in 1977.

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Finnerödja-Tiveds församling

Finnerödja kyrka

Finnerödja kyrka is the parish church of Finnerödja-Tiveds församling, standing in the village of Finnerödja in Laxå kommun, Örebro län. Built of local sandstone, it replaced earlier wooden churches on or near the site and remains a notable example of 18th-century rural church architecture.

Kyrkogatan 6, 69530, Laxå

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Provider record updated: 8 Jun 2022. This is not an independent verification date.

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