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Floby kyrka

Address
Storgatan 58, 52151, FLOBY
Municipality
Falköpings Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Floby kyrka is a parish church in Floby, part of Skara diocese in Västra Götaland county, Sweden. Built in the 1840s on the site of an earlier medieval church, it remains the largest church in Floby pastorate and retains several notable furnishings.



The present church was completed in 1845 in a neoclassical style, replacing a medieval parish church that had fallen into disrepair by the late 1600s, been rebuilt in 1750, and was finally demolished in 1844. The new building was constructed under the direction of Fredrik Sundler, an ironworks patron from Vårgårda manor. It is counted among the larger rural churches of Skara diocese.

The church originally held around 600 people, though later renovations and the addition of facilities such as toilets have reduced capacity in the nave to roughly 350. The tower chamber and spire were added during a renovation in 1877–78; the views from the tower are said to be extensive, though reaching them apparently requires some effort.

Several furnishings connect the building to its medieval predecessor. Two wooden sculptures near the altar survive from the earlier church, as does the plain sandstone font, thought to date from the twelfth or thirteenth century. The pulpit is contemporary with the current church building, while the altarpiece, depicting Christ blessing the children, was painted in 1878 by Mårten Eskil Winge and set within a frame of Corinthian columns with gilded capitals.

The church has a loft organ built in 1968 by the Olof Hammarberg organ workshop in Gothenburg, along with a smaller choir organ from 1965 originally located in the Floby parish hall.

Outside, more recent changes include a memorial and urn grove established in 2009, comprising an anonymous memorial section where ashes are interred by staff without relatives present, and a separate urn grove where family members may attend, marked with stones bearing the names of the deceased. The church roof underwent a substantial renovation around 2014–2015.

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Floby kyrka

Floby kyrka is a parish church in Floby, part of Skara diocese in Västra Götaland county, Sweden. Built in the 1840s on the site of an earlier medieval church, it remains the largest church in Floby pastorate and retains several notable furnishings.

Storgatan 58, 52151, FLOBY

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

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