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Sjoutnäsets kapell

Municipality
Strömsunds kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Härnösand

Sjoutnäsets kapell is a small timber chapel in the village of Sjoutnäset, within Frostviken parish in Jämtland, belonging to the Church of Sweden's diocese of Härnösand. It is also known as Sjougdnäs kapell.

The first chapel on this site was built in the 1860s by settlers from the surrounding district. It was a timber-built structure, clad externally with boards but left unpainted, and included a tower with a lantern and cross, a porch and a sacristy.

That original building was demolished when a new chapel was erected on the same spot in the late 1910s. The architect Gustaf Lindgren drew up plans in 1916, and the new chapel was consecrated in 1919. It can seat around 225 people, a generous capacity reflecting its role as a gathering place for a wide rural area.

In 1934 the building was renovated, and at that time the artist Paul Jonze of Frösön added decorative painting to the interior. This decorative scheme remains one of the chapel's more distinctive features for visitors interested in early twentieth-century church art in the region.

The chapel has never had a heating system, which has shaped its pattern of use: it is mainly used for the annual Sjoutnäsmässan, a service held on the first weekend of July. Repairs to the roof and windows were carried out in the summer of 2010.

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Frostvikens församling

Frostvikens församling

Sjoutnäsets kapell

Sjoutnäsets kapell is a small timber chapel in the village of Sjoutnäset, within Frostviken parish in Jämtland, belonging to the Church of Sweden's diocese of Härnösand. It is also known as Sjougdnäs kapell.

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