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Råggärds kyrka

Address
Råggärds kyrka, 458 96, Högsäter
Municipality
Färgelanda Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Karlstad

Råggärds kyrka is a white timber church standing on a long ridge in Råggärd, Färgelanda kommun, in Västra Götalands län. Built in 1736, it has a low tower and a simple, calm interior that reflects its rural parish setting within the Church of Sweden.



The present timber church was built between 1734 and 1736, replacing an earlier medieval wooden church on the same site that was reportedly demolished around 1770. Since its construction, the building has largely retained its original form: a nave with a three-sided chancel to the north-east, a sacristy extension on the chancel's north side, and a porch on its south side that may date from the later nineteenth century. A tower with its own porch stands at the north-western end of the nave.

Among the church's furnishings is a striking survival from the Middle Ages: a soapstone font dating from the 1200s. Its original bowl has not survived, so the base, turned upside down, now serves in its place; the piece has been heavily restored and smoothed, with a later granite foot added. A standing wooden figure of the Madonna and Child, carved in the 1400s, also remains from the medieval church, offering a tangible link to the building that stood here before the current one was raised.

The altarpiece was made in 1771 by a local shoemaker, Karl Dahlström, an unusual craftsman for such work and a reminder of the practical, community-based nature of church furnishing in rural Sweden. The pulpit, with its round basket and no canopy, dates from 1845.

The organ, on the west gallery, was built in 1935 by Olof Hammarberg of Gothenburg and appears to survive largely unaltered since then. It is a modest pneumatic instrument with seven stops across manual and pedal divisions.

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Färgelanda-Högsäters församling

Råggärds kyrka

Råggärds kyrka is a white timber church standing on a long ridge in Råggärd, Färgelanda kommun, in Västra Götalands län. Built in 1736, it has a low tower and a simple, calm interior that reflects its rural parish setting within the Church of Sweden.

Råggärds kyrka, 458 96, Högsäter

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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: 18 Dec 2024. This is not an independent verification date.

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