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Forsdalakyrkan

Address
Helena Öhmans väg 2C
Municipality
Lycksele kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Luleå

Forsdalakyrkan is a modern parish church in the Forsdala district of Lycksele, in northern Sweden's Västerbotten county. Built in the 1970s and belonging to Lycksele parish within the Diocese of Luleå, it offers a modest but characterful example of contemporary Swedish ecclesiastical design.



The church was constructed in 1976–1977 to designs by architect Gunvor Strömberg and was consecrated in May 1977. It stands close to two kilometres south of Lycksele town centre.

The building has a timber frame, with exterior walls clad in blue-painted vertical wooden panelling beneath a lean-to (pulpet) roof covered in red-painted sheet metal. Inside, the walls and ceiling of the church hall are lined with pale wood panelling, giving a simple, light-filled interior typical of the period. A folding partition wall separates the main worship space from an adjoining assembly hall, allowing the two to be combined into a single larger space when needed. A free-standing bell tower stands outside the church.

At the eastern end of the church is the altar, with an altarpiece painted in 1991 by Sven-Bertil Svensson.

The church's organ has an interesting history: an instrument built in 1957 by Grönlunds organ workshop in Gammelstad, originally belonging to the local teacher training college (Läroverket) in Lycksele, was loaned to the church in 1977 before being returned to its original home in 1987. The current organ, installed the same year, was built by A. Magnussons Orgelbyggeri of Mölnlycke; it is a mechanical instrument tuned to an unequal (non-standard) temperament.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop

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Forsdalakyrkan

Forsdalakyrkan is a modern parish church in the Forsdala district of Lycksele, in northern Sweden's Västerbotten county. Built in the 1970s and belonging to Lycksele parish within the Diocese of Luleå, it offers a modest but characterful example of contemporary Swedish ecclesiastical design.

Helena Öhmans väg 2C

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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: 24 Mar 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

Source record: d569e298-4472-491e-89e2-734cef4833f5

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