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Forshälla kyrka

Address
Forshälla kyrka 103, 451 91, Ljungskile
Municipality
Uddevalla Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Göteborg

Forshälla kyrka stands in Forshälla, near Uddevalla, in Ljungskile parish. The present neoclassical building dates from 1855, though a church has stood on this site since at least the medieval period, and its collection of older fittings gives visitors a sense of that longer history.



The current church was designed by Emil Langlet and completed in 1855, replacing an earlier building that had become dilapidated. According to Wikipedia, the medieval church on this site was first recorded in 1388 and was said to resemble the church at Ljung, though larger. It burned down in 1764 after a lightning strike; only the walls survived, but parishioners worked quickly enough to hold services again within weeks, though the building continued to give trouble until the decision was taken to rebuild entirely.

A major internal remodelling in 1953 transformed the church into a three-aisled basilica with wide side aisles, a change that reduced seating considerably, to roughly a third of its earlier capacity.

The most striking survival is the Baroque altarpiece of 1670, which depicts the Last Supper beneath the risen Christ crowned by a golden, radiating sun; it was rescued from the 1764 fire when it was already over a century old. The font is thought to date from the 1700s. The oak pulpit, added during the 1953 rebuilding, carries carved decoration by the sculptor Walfrid Andersson, and a gallery cloth illustrating scenes from the Book of Revelation was made by Agda Österberg in 1968.

The church bells are of particular interest: the larger bell is medieval, possibly from the 1200s or earlier, bearing two blank inscription bands and four faint, unevenly cut crosses, while the smaller bell was cast in 1774. The organ, built by Hammarbergs Orgelbyggeri in 1973, has 21 stops.

Opening hours

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Weekdays 9.00-15.00

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Parking
  • Toilet
  • Wi-Fi
  • Hearing loop
  • Ramp
  • Accessible toilet

Listed by the provider; availability has not been independently checked. An unlisted facility is not necessarily unavailable.

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

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Forshälla kyrka

Forshälla kyrka stands in Forshälla, near Uddevalla, in Ljungskile parish. The present neoclassical building dates from 1855, though a church has stood on this site since at least the medieval period, and its collection of older fittings gives visitors a sense of that longer history.

Forshälla kyrka 103, 451 91, Ljungskile

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Church information: Svenska kyrkan, Platser · CC BY 4.0. Each church page includes its credits and visiting notes.

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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 May 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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