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Norra Solberga kyrka

Address
Norra Solberga kyrka 1
Municipality
Nässjö Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Linköping

Norra Solberga kyrka is a parish church in Jönköping County, Småland, part of Norra Solberga-Flisby parish in the Diocese of Linköping. Completed in 1900, it stands about ten kilometres north-west of Eksjö and replaced an older medieval church on the same site.



The present church was built between 1898 and 1900 to designs by Gustaf Petterson, constructed of red granite in a Neo-Gothic cross-plan with a tower to the west and a narrower three-sided chancel to the east. Inside, the church is richly decorated with painted ornamentation.

The building it replaced, Norra Solberga's old church, dated back to the thirteenth century and was originally built in stone with a narrower chancel. It was later extended in timber, first to the west in 1663 and then to the north in 1750. When the new church was completed, these timber additions were demolished, but part of the old stone church survived and was converted into a funerary chapel. Following restoration, it was reconsecrated as a parish church in its own right in 1971.

The church has had more than one organ over the years. An instrument built in 1836 by the local church officer Nils Ahlstrand, using material acquired from Sund's church in Östergötland, was moved into the new church in 1901 and later relocated again within the building. A larger organ was installed on the west gallery in 1949, and this was in turn replaced by a new mechanical organ built in 1997–98, incorporating decorative woodcarving and painted and gilded casework.

In September 2019 the church was broken into, and reports at the time described vandalism and graffiti, including an attempt to force open a safe that was unsuccessful. Visitors should be aware this incident has been reported but current security or access arrangements are not covered here.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Toilet
  • 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.

Norra Solberga-Flisby församling

Norra Solberga kyrka

Norra Solberga kyrka is a parish church in Jönköping County, Småland, part of Norra Solberga-Flisby parish in the Diocese of Linköping. Completed in 1900, it stands about ten kilometres north-west of Eksjö and replaced an older medieval church on the same site.

Norra Solberga kyrka 1

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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: 6 Jan 2025. This is not an independent verification date.

Source record: a44b6865-8690-40a5-a91b-3e9a06b1e9f5

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Church data retrieved 24 Sep 2026. Visiting details have not been independently verified.

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