Tjureda kyrka is a parish church in Söraby church district, near Växjö, built in the 1860s in a historicising mixed style with strong neoclassical elements. It replaced a medieval stone church that had grown too small for the congregation.
Discussions about replacing Tjureda's old medieval stone church, which dated from the 1100s, began as early as the late 1700s, but building work did not start until 1860. The project was a considerable financial burden on the parish, which contributed an estimated 12,000 days of labour and a similar sum in cash. The new church was consecrated in September 1862 by Bishop Henrik Gustaf Hultman, and the old church was demolished once the new building was complete.
The church stands on high ground within the churchyard, close to the site once occupied by its medieval predecessor. It is built of stone in a historicising mixed style, with a rectangular nave, a straight east end and a sacristy behind. The west tower has round-arched, Romanesque-inspired sound openings, a steep helm roof with a clock, and a small lantern topped by a slender spire with a cross-orb finial. Inside, a coved timber ceiling and tall, finely glazed windows give the church a light, spacious character.
Among the fittings, the font is the oldest object in the church: a sandstone bowl carved in the second half of the 1100s with relief decoration of fabulous beasts, attributed to the so-called Njudung group of medieval stonemasons. The altarpiece, showing the baptism of Christ, was brought over from the old church; it was painted in 1818 and is set within a large Neo-Gothic altarpiece structure with side-niche sculptures and pinnacled cresting. The hexagonal pulpit, complete with sounding board, carries gilded relief symbols including the keys of heaven and a crown of thorns.
The church once held two medieval bells, cast in 1453 and attributed to the so-called Hourglass Master, with inscriptions invoking God, the Virgin Mary and a local saint. In the 1920s a crack was discovered in the smaller bell; rather than being melted down as planned, it was instead sold in 1929 to a Halland museum association, where it is said to remain.
The church's first organ, built in 1835 for Skeppsholm Church in Stockholm, was transferred to Tjureda in 1877. It was replaced in 1936, and a further new organ, retaining the earlier case, was installed in 1992.
Provider-listed schedule, applicable on 12 Oct 2026. All times are local to Sweden.
| Monday | 09:00–15:00 |
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| Tuesday | 09:00–15:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00–15:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00–15:00 |
| Friday | 09:00–15:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00–15:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00–15:00 |
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Söraby församling
Söraby församling
Tjureda kyrka is a parish church in Söraby church district, near Växjö, built in the 1860s in a historicising mixed style with strong neoclassical elements. It replaced a medieval stone church that had grown too small for the congregation.
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