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Högåskyrkan

Address
Kyrkogatan 2, Tibro
Municipality
Tibro Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Högåskyrkan is a twentieth-century parish church in the centre of Tibro, in Skara diocese, Västra Götaland County. Formerly known as Tibro nya kyrka, it stands as one of the diocese's clearest examples of modernist church architecture.



The church was consecrated in 1966 to designs by the architect Carl Hampus Bergman, and is regarded as one of the first purely modernist churches built within Skara diocese. Its exterior is distinctive for tall, yellow-painted concrete walls and a steep, concave, single-pitched roof clad in copper. The main worship space is joined to an adjoining parish hall, set slightly lower and wrapped around a glazed inner courtyard.

Inside, the church retains a restrained, textured character, with rendered brick walls and an unpainted timber ceiling. Light enters only through high windows on the south side, which hold stained glass, and through a floor-to-ceiling slit above the chancel. The layout is symmetrical, arranged around a central aisle leading to a free-standing table altar.

Several fittings reflect the building's mid-century design. The altar and pulpit are both made of concrete, in keeping with the church's overall material palette. Above the altar hangs an oak relief carved by Harald Garmland, while a depiction of the Virgin Mary by Bengt Johansson, unveiled in 1993, is set into the south wall near the altar. A woven textile by Britta Widnell hangs on the north side.

A freestanding bell tower, built from untreated concrete panels, stands in deliberate contrast to the yellow-painted church building. An extension housing the parish office was added in 1982–1983 to designs by architect Voldemars Vasilis, creating an enclosed inner courtyard.

The church contains a mechanical organ built in 1976 by Smedmans Orgelbyggeri, with ten stops across two manuals and pedal, its case built in unpainted wood with a sounding facade of pipe fields shaped by the sloping upper section.

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  • Toilet
  • Wi-Fi
  • Charging station
  • Hearing loop

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Högåskyrkan

Högåskyrkan is a twentieth-century parish church in the centre of Tibro, in Skara diocese, Västra Götaland County. Formerly known as Tibro nya kyrka, it stands as one of the diocese's clearest examples of modernist church architecture.

Kyrkogatan 2, Tibro

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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: 3 Jun 2025. This is not an independent verification date.

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