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Suntorps kapell

Address
541 92, Skövde
Municipality
Skövde Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Suntorps kapell is a small wooden chapel in Sventorp-Forsby parish, Skara diocese, near Skövde in Västra Götaland. Built in the early twentieth century, it remains cared for by a dedicated local foundation and offers a modest but characterful example of Swedish rural chapel architecture.



The chapel was built in 1933 to designs by the architect Bernard Schill of Djursholm, and was consecrated on Judgement Sunday, 26 November 1933, by Bishop Hjalmar Danell. Its construction was overseen by the Sventorp Chapel Foundation, established in 1926, which still maintains the building today through voluntary effort.

The chapel has a timber frame resting on a granite base, comprising a nave with a narrower chancel to the east and a slender tower to the west. A storage area lies to the south of the chancel and a sacristy to the north. The east wall features a leaded rosette window filled with small panes of antique coloured glass, while the exterior is clad in pale yellow-white panelling beneath a saddle roof of double-curved clay tiles; the tower and its lantern have shallow domed roofs.

Among the furnishings is a font whose base, made in 1983 by Jan Olof Hilmersson of Horn, has a spiral-twisted wrought-iron stem, topped with a clear glass bowl blown by Eva Ullberg. The original brass chandeliers, a gift from Sventorp church, were stolen at some point and later replaced with close copies of the originals.

Above the altar hangs a crucifix donated by the Carlsson family, former owners of the nearby Humlebron estate. An electronic organ by the maker Domus was installed in 1994, replacing an earlier instrument from the 1930s, and a new altar cloth and kneeler were dedicated in 1997.

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Sventorp-Forsby församling

Sventorp-Forsby församling

Suntorps kapell

Suntorps kapell is a small wooden chapel in Sventorp-Forsby parish, Skara diocese, near Skövde in Västra Götaland. Built in the early twentieth century, it remains cared for by a dedicated local foundation and offers a modest but characterful example of Swedish rural chapel architecture.

541 92, Skövde

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Provider record updated: 17 Nov 2022. This is not an independent verification date.

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