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Rommele kyrka

Address
Torpavägen 10, 46178, SJUNTORP
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Rommele kyrka is a parish church in Rommele, part of Skara diocese, standing southeast of Sjuntorp in Trollhättan Municipality, Sweden. Consecrated in 1707, it is the third church building known to have stood on this site.



The present church replaced two earlier buildings, the first of which is thought to date from the 12th century. It follows a typical hall-church plan of its period, with a three-sided chancel end, and was extended to the west in 1860. The sacristy lies to the north, with a porch and entrance to the west. Beneath the chancel floor are three burial vaults containing around twenty coffins, including those of two parish clergymen and members of the Liljebjelke family.

The church's tower-less exterior is topped with tiled roofs, and a detached bell tower in red-painted timber was added in 1774. Inside, the ceiling paintings depicting heavenly and biblical scenes, along with the painted apostle figures on the gallery front, were created in 1746 by Ditlof Ross. In 1890 new open pews were installed and several fittings, including the gallery front, pulpit, altarpiece and font, were repainted white, obscuring the earlier decoration. A substantial restoration in 1948 sought to recover the church's baroque character as it had appeared before that 1890 refurbishment, and further conservation work in 1994 uncovered and restored the original painted decoration on the gallery front, pulpit and sounding board, altarpiece and font.

Among the church's furnishings are a wooden font from 1714, a pulpit from 1716 and an altarpiece from 1718. A carved wooden figure of a bishop, dating from the 15th century and depicting an as yet unidentified Catholic churchman, is also kept in the church. Two painted boards on the wall record the names of clergy who have served the parish over the centuries.

The church's organ has a layered history: an original instrument built in 1828 by Mårten Bernhard Söderling was largely dismantled in 1935, with its inner workings eventually passed to a local heritage society and later transferred to Gothenburg University. A new organ was installed in 1935, and the current instrument, built in 1974, retains Söderling's original 1828 case front.

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Rommele kyrka

Rommele kyrka is a parish church in Rommele, part of Skara diocese, standing southeast of Sjuntorp in Trollhättan Municipality, Sweden. Consecrated in 1707, it is the third church building known to have stood on this site.

Torpavägen 10, 46178, SJUNTORP

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Provider record updated: 3 Nov 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

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