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Rörbäcksnäs kyrka

Address
Prästgården, 78064, Lima
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Västerås

Rörbäcksnäs kyrka stands near the Norwegian border in Rörbäcksnäs, within Lima-Transtrands parish in Dalarna. This modest timber church is a faithful rebuilding of an earlier structure lost to fire, and it retains a handful of older fittings alongside its more recent furnishings.



The present church was built in 1992–1993, replacing an earlier church on the site that had stood for just over a hundred years. That original building was begun in 1898 to designs by the architect Folke Zettervall and was consecrated in 1909. It burned down during the night of 24 May 1992, and the church seen today is a close copy of its predecessor, again built in timber.

The layout follows a simple traditional plan: a rectangular nave with a narrower chancel to the east, a tower to the west, and two small transepts projecting to the north and south.

Among the furnishings, the painted oak font dates from 1887 and originally stood in the nearby Lima church before being brought here. The three-sided pulpit dates from 1909, though it was repainted in 1960, and three brass chandeliers were acquired in 1909 and 1910.

The original church bells were cast in 1900 and partly melted in the 1992 fire; the damaged bells are now displayed north of the tower as a reminder of that loss. New bells, cast in 1993 to match the weight and size of the originals, now hang in their place.

The church's organ, with ten stops across two manuals, was built by Ålems Orgelverkstad and installed in 1995.

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Lima-Transtrands församling

Rörbäcksnäs kyrka

Rörbäcksnäs kyrka stands near the Norwegian border in Rörbäcksnäs, within Lima-Transtrands parish in Dalarna. This modest timber church is a faithful rebuilding of an earlier structure lost to fire, and it retains a handful of older fittings alongside its more recent furnishings.

Prästgården, 78064, Lima

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