Trollhättans kyrka stands on a rocky outcrop beside the Göta Älv, close to the famous Trollhättan Falls and canal system. Built in 1860–1862 for the growing industrial town, it remains a well-visited church and serves as a summer 'road church' along the Göta Älv pilgrim route.
The church was raised between 1860 and 1862 at the expense of the Nya Trollhätte Kanalbolag (the Trollhättan Canal Company), which presented it as a gift to the parish following its consecration on Thanksgiving Day, 14 September 1862. The company's director, Baron Nils Ericson—better remembered as a railway builder—was the driving force behind both the founding of the parish and the construction of the church.
The building was designed by the architect Adolf Wilhelm Edelswärd in the neo-Gothic style, making it the first purely neo-Gothic church in the Diocese of Skara. Edelswärd, who later designed the central stations in Stockholm and Gothenburg, had already explored this style of unrendered brick walls, pinnacles and buttresses at Hagakyrkan in Gothenburg. The church consists of a north–south oriented nave, with the tower and main entrance to the south and a polygonal chancel to the north; the tower, including its cross, rises to around 40 metres.
A sacristy was added to the north-west in 1896–97, again funded by the canal company, along with new stained-glass windows. Further coloured glass was installed in 1962 by the artist Ralph Bergholtz, including a window depicting the shepherds' adoration, which had previously sat in the chancel from 1896 and was later moved to the west wall. The altarpiece dates from 1935, the work of the artist Albert Eldh, and a cement font was added in 1901.
The interior was substantially reworked in 1983–84 under the architect Jerk Alton, with new colour schemes, lighting and cloakroom facilities, though the exposed roof trusses and other neo-Gothic features have been retained. Further conservation work followed in 2009–2010 on the windows, brickwork and copper roof, and a more extensive renovation between 2020 and 2021 updated the sanctuary furnishings, lighting and sound, and improved accessibility within the church.
The church houses two organs: a main instrument on the south gallery, originally built in 1886 and substantially rebuilt in 1954 while retaining many of its earlier pipes, and a smaller chancel organ from 1886 with a speaking façade. Outside, walkers on the Göta Älv pilgrim route will find a letterbox with a stamp near the church.
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Trollhättans församling
Trollhättans församling
Trollhättans kyrka stands on a rocky outcrop beside the Göta Älv, close to the famous Trollhättan Falls and canal system. Built in 1860–1862 for the growing industrial town, it remains a well-visited church and serves as a summer 'road church' along the Göta Älv pilgrim route.
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