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Magra kyrka

Address
Bjärlandavägen 96
Municipality
Alingsås Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Magra kyrka is a medieval parish church in Bjärke församling, in the far north of Alingsås kommun, Sweden. Dating from the 1100s, it stands within the Skara diocese and offers visitors a modest but historically layered example of a rural Swedish country church.



The church is a tower-less medieval hall building with a porch on its south side. In 1785 a new three-sided chancel was added to the eastern end, altering the original medieval plan. Inside, the ceiling is plastered timber, decorated with simple stucco ornamentation.

A restoration carried out in 1934 revealed a medieval wall painting above the door to the sacristy, depicting Saint George and the dragon. The same restoration also brought to light eighteenth-century drapery paintings in the chancel, adding a decorative layer from a later period of the church's history.

Among the furnishings, the altarpiece dates from 1710 and is thought to have been made by Anders Ekeberg of Borås; its Baroque-style altar painting depicts Golgotha. The pulpit, made in 1693 by a craftsman known as Jon of Svederna, is another notable survival from the church's post-medieval refurbishment.

The churchyard retains a covered gateway (stiglucka) and a skirt-shaped wooden bell tower, both typical features of older Swedish rural churchyards.

The church's main organ today is a digital instrument, though pipework and bellows from an earlier 1962 organ are said to survive within it.

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Bjärke församling

Bjärke församling

Magra kyrka

Magra kyrka is a medieval parish church in Bjärke församling, in the far north of Alingsås kommun, Sweden. Dating from the 1100s, it stands within the Skara diocese and offers visitors a modest but historically layered example of a rural Swedish country church.

Bjärlandavägen 96

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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: 9 Jun 2022. 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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