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Oviken-Myssjö församling

Address
84562, Svenstavik
Municipality
Bergs Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Härnösand

Oviken-Myssjö församling is a Church of Sweden parish in Bergs kommun, Jämtland, formed in 2010 through the merger of the former Myssjö and Ovikens parishes. It cares for three churches, each with its own character and history.

The parish today forms part of Sydöstra Jämtlands pastorat, having previously belonged to Södra Jämtlands pastorat until the end of 2021. Administratively it sits within Härnösands stift, and its formation reflects a broader pattern across rural Sweden, where smaller parishes have been combined to share resources and clergy.

Within its boundaries stand three churches: Ovikens gamla kyrka (the old church of Oviken), Ovikens nya kyrka (the new church of Oviken) and Myssjö kyrka. The presence of both an old and a new church at Oviken suggests a community that outgrew, or chose to replace, an earlier building, though the surviving documentation here does not describe the circumstances or dates involved.

Visitors interested in the parish's rural Jämtland setting will find these three churches to be the principal historic landmarks, each meriting closer individual study, since detailed architectural and historical information about them individually is not covered in the sources available for this overview.

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Oviken-Myssjö församling

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

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Skönsmons gravkapell

Skönsmons gravkapell is a mortuary chapel in Skönsmon, part of Sundsvall in northern Sweden, belonging to Sundsvalls parish within the Church of Sweden. It is a modest twentieth-century building used for funeral services.

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Sources, credits and English adaptations are identified on each church page. Provider data: Svenska kyrkan, Platser · CC BY 4.0.

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: 20 Jul 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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