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Vislanda kyrka

Address
Lindås Vislanda församlingshem 1, 34252, Vislanda
Municipality
Alvesta Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Växjö

Vislanda kyrka is the parish church of Vislanda-Blädinge, in Kronoberg county within the Diocese of Växjö. This stone church, with its tower and distinctive three-sided chancel, was consecrated in 1794 and replaced an earlier medieval timber church on a different site.



The present building is a hall church with a tower, large windows, and a saddle roof, its nave ending in a three-sided chancel. A side building containing the sacristy adjoins the chancel on the north (Gospel) side. Nothing survives above ground of the medieval timber church that once stood nearby, apart from a disused churchyard, though a wooden pulpit dating from the early 1600s was preserved and brought into the new church.

Among the church's furnishings, the old pulpit remains the most tangible link to the earlier building. The chancel windows have stained glass dating from 1902, and an altarpiece by Erik Abrahamson was moved to the south wall in 1963. A small chancel organ, built in 1988 by Västbo Orgelbyggeri, complements the main organ.

The church's main organ has a layered history typical of many Swedish parish instruments. It began as a mechanical pipe organ built in 1813 by Pehr Schiörlin of Linköping, with facade pipes still visible today. Successive rebuilds followed—in 1885, 1937, 1951 and again in 1976–77—each altering its mechanism and stops, though the original 1813 facade was retained throughout. The 1885 playing console survives in its original position within the facade.

A local curiosity connects the church to Småland folk music traditions: a wedding ceremony piece associated with Vislanda, drawn from the folk-music collection of Peter Wieselgren, was recorded by the folk group Sågskära in 1997, featuring traditional instruments such as the shawm and the Värend drum.

A former stable building associated with the church still stands nearby.

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Vislanda-Blädinge församling

Vislanda kyrka

Vislanda kyrka is the parish church of Vislanda-Blädinge, in Kronoberg county within the Diocese of Växjö. This stone church, with its tower and distinctive three-sided chancel, was consecrated in 1794 and replaced an earlier medieval timber church on a different site.

Lindås Vislanda församlingshem 1, 34252, Vislanda

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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.

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