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Väster Tuna kapell

Address
Spraxkya 5, Borlänge
Municipality
Borlänge Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Västerås

Väster Tuna kapell is a red-brick chapel at Spraxkya, a few kilometres from Stora Tuna church in Dalarna. Built in the 1880s through local voluntary effort, it belongs to Stora Tuna parish and contains a modest collection of church furnishings worth a visitor's attention.



The chapel stands on a small hill at Spraxkya and was built between 1885 and 1888, largely through voluntary labour and local enthusiasm. Sources differ slightly on the exact date of completion: one account gives the building years as 1885–88, while other records state the chapel was erected in 1888 under master builder Kalles Carl Mattsson and consecrated on 26 August 1888 by vicar E. Morén.

The chapel received the right to hold full services following a decision dated 18 November 1887. It was originally associated with the Evangelical National Foundation (Evangeliska Fosterlandsstiftelsen) before being transferred to Stora Tuna parish in 1918.

Architecturally, the chapel is built of brick, with a rectangular nave and a straight east wall. A sacristy is built into the north-east corner, and the entrance is at the west gable. Its warm red-brick exterior gives the building its distinctive appearance on the hillside at Spraxkya.

An early renovation took place in 1917, when the foundations were reinforced and electricity was installed. Outside the chapel stands a free-standing bell tower, designed by architect Einar Lundberg of Rättvik and inaugurated in 1970, housing a church bell cast in 1927 by the Bergholtz bell foundry.

Inside, visitors can see a pulpit, a font and an altarpiece, described as among the chapel's notable features. A twelve-stop organ, known as a Cecilia organ, was installed in 1946 and later renovated in 1975.

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  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop

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Väster Tuna kapell

Väster Tuna kapell is a red-brick chapel at Spraxkya, a few kilometres from Stora Tuna church in Dalarna. Built in the 1880s through local voluntary effort, it belongs to Stora Tuna parish and contains a modest collection of church furnishings worth a visitor's attention.

Spraxkya 5, Borlänge

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Provider record updated: 13 May 2025. This is not an independent verification date.

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