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Töllsjö kyrka

Address
Bollebygds Kyrkväg 1, 51737, BOLLEBYGD
Municipality
Bollebygds Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Göteborg

Töllsjö kyrka, in the village of Töllsjö in Bollebygd municipality, is a parish church of the Church of Sweden within the Diocese of Gothenburg. This whitewashed stone church, built in the mid-19th century, replaced an earlier medieval building on the same site.



The present church was built in 1856 by so-called Sandhult master builders, following designs by the architect Johan Adolf Hawerman, and was consecrated in 1858. It is thought that an earlier medieval church once stood on the site, though little is recorded of that building. The design is a simple rectangular nave with a large rounded chancel to the east and a tower to the west; a sacristy behind the chancel is divided from the main body of the church by screen walls. The exterior walls are roughcast and painted white, with concrete tile roofing over the nave and chancel and a galvanised sheet-metal roof on the tower.

Among the church's furnishings is a font bowl carved from sandstone in the 13th century, the sole survivor of an older font. Its worn surface still shows traces of relief carving — a fleur-de-lis, a cross, a bird, an animal and a crucifix — divided into six fields by simple columns, though weathering has left the figures indistinct. The bowl now rests on a modern cement base.

The pulpit, in Baroque style with a four-sided body and six-sided canopy, dates from the 17th century and is decorated with carved figures of Christ and the four evangelists. The altarpiece, also Baroque and possibly made in 1687, was replaced in the 1880s by a plaster figure of Christ set against a red background, before the original 17th-century altarpiece was reinstated in 1933.

Two bells hang in the tower: the smaller was cast in Jönköping in 1862, while the age of the larger bell is unknown. A small bronze bell on the chancel wall is thought to be the priming bell from the earlier medieval church, and a tin weathercock from the old timber bell tower has also been preserved inside. Other notable items include a silver bridal crown made by Anders Wibeck of Borås in 1715, and two 18th-century chandeliers. The organ, originally built in the 1870s and rebuilt in 1930, has twelve stops.

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Facilities & accessibility

  • Parking
  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop
  • Ramp
  • Accessible toilet

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Töllsjö kyrka

Töllsjö kyrka, in the village of Töllsjö in Bollebygd municipality, is a parish church of the Church of Sweden within the Diocese of Gothenburg. This whitewashed stone church, built in the mid-19th century, replaced an earlier medieval building on the same site.

Bollebygds Kyrkväg 1, 51737, BOLLEBYGD

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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: 5 May 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

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