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Sventorps kyrka

Address
Sventorps församlingshem
Municipality
Skövde Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Skara

Sventorps kyrka is a parish church in Sventorp-Forsby församling, in the Skara diocese, located in Skövde municipality in Västra Götaland. Built of natural stone, it stands on the site of a medieval predecessor and retains several older fittings.



The original church here dated from medieval times, though little of that early structure survives in the present building. It was altered and extended in 1765–1766, and then largely rebuilt following a fire in 1853–1854, to designs by the architect Johan Fredrik Åbom, with construction carried out by master builder Anders Pettersson of Värsås.

The church as it now stands consists of a nave with a three-sided chancel to the east and a tower to the west, the ground floor of the tower serving as a porch. A sacristy adjoins the chancel to the north.

Among the older furnishings is a medieval font from the later thirteenth century, its bowl carved from sandstone, though the base is a later addition. A carved font angel dates from around 1700, and the Baroque pulpit was made in 1722 by Bengt Vedelin of Hjo. The altarpiece was created in 1771 by Johan Ullberg.

The present organ, with 22 stops, was built by John Grönvall Orgelbyggeri and installed in 1968, but its case was retained from an earlier organ of 1896, giving the instrument a visibly older frontage than its mechanism.

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Sventorp-Forsby församling

Sventorps kyrka

Sventorps kyrka is a parish church in Sventorp-Forsby församling, in the Skara diocese, located in Skövde municipality in Västra Götaland. Built of natural stone, it stands on the site of a medieval predecessor and retains several older fittings.

Sventorps församlingshem

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

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