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Marieholms kyrka

Address
Gnosjö pastorat Järnvägsgatan 52, 33530, Gnosjö
Municipality
Gnosjö Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Växjö

Marieholms kyrka is a modest 20th-century church in the small industrial settlement of Marieholm, within Åsenhöga parish in Jönköping county. Converted from an older stone storehouse, it belongs to the Church of Sweden's Diocese of Växjö and offers an unusual example of adaptive reuse in Swedish church building.



The building began life as a large stone storehouse, or magasin, before being converted into a factory or works church (brukskyrka) in the early 1960s. The conversion was designed by the architect Ludvig Seda of Värnamo, and the church was consecrated in 1963.

A porch, or vapenhus, was added to the original storehouse structure. Its heavy timber door, fitted with a wrought-iron door knocker and planed panelling laid in a prismatic pattern, was salvaged from the old church at Åsenhöga when that building was demolished, giving the new church a tangible link to its predecessor.

Externally, the gable ends feature crosses marked out within blind arcading friezes, a simple decorative device that distinguishes the otherwise plain former storehouse as a place of worship. A freestanding bell tower beside the church was added in the 1980s.

Inside, the church has a mechanical organ built in 1962 by the firm Åkerman & Lund of Knivsta, a modest instrument suited to the building's unpretentious character.

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Marieholms kyrka

Marieholms kyrka is a modest 20th-century church in the small industrial settlement of Marieholm, within Åsenhöga parish in Jönköping county. Converted from an older stone storehouse, it belongs to the Church of Sweden's Diocese of Växjö and offers an unusual example of adaptive reuse in Swedish church building.

Gnosjö pastorat Järnvägsgatan 52, 33530, Gnosjö

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

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