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Risbäcks kyrka

Address
Kyrkvägen 2, 91732, Dorotea
Municipality
Dorotea Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Luleå

Risbäcks kyrka is a wooden church in Risbäck, Västerbotten, belonging to Dorotea-Risbäck parish in the Diocese of Luleå. Standing beside the lake Stor-Arksjön, it was built in the mid-19th century and later remodelled in a classicist style.



The timber church was designed by the district official Eleazar Rhen, with construction believed to have begun in 1858 and the building taken into use the following year, though the exact dates of completion and consecration are not known. The tower was not added until 1865. The church consists of a rectangular nave with a chancel to the east and the tower to the west, with a sacristy attached to the north side of the chancel. Originally the exterior walls were painted red with white pilasters.

Between 1922 and 1925 the church underwent a significant rebuilding to designs by Otar Hökerberg, which gave it its present classicist character. The exterior and interior walls were reclad with new panelling, the roof was covered with new wooden shingles, and new windows and doors were installed. The barrel-vaulted ceiling of the nave was replaced with a flat one, and a gallery was built at the western end. A further renovation in 1950 brought a new organ, a new church bell, electric heating, and fresh painting inside and out. The gallery's understructure was renewed again in 1993.

Among the church's furnishings is a wooden font made by Torborg Lindberg, donated in 1946. The altarpiece, donated in 1931, is the work of Gerda Höglund.

The church has had more than one organ over the years. An early instrument with three stops was built in 1901 by Karl Hammer, but was later moved to Umnäs church. Before 1950 a harmonium served in its place, and the current mechanical organ was built in 1950 by the Grönlund organ workshop in Gammelstad.

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Dorotea-Risbäcks församling

Risbäcks kyrka

Risbäcks kyrka is a wooden church in Risbäck, Västerbotten, belonging to Dorotea-Risbäck parish in the Diocese of Luleå. Standing beside the lake Stor-Arksjön, it was built in the mid-19th century and later remodelled in a classicist style.

Kyrkvägen 2, 91732, Dorotea

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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: 9 Jun 2022. This is not an independent verification date.

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