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Voxna kyrka

Address
Västra Kyrkogatan 9, Johannesgården
Municipality
Ovanåkers Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Uppsala

Voxna kyrka stands in the former ironworking settlement of Voxnabruk, close to where the Sälma river joins the Voxnan, within Alfta-Ovanåker parish in Gävleborg. It is the first building visitors reach on entering the village, and its plain exterior belies a lively history of rebuilding.



The church was built in 1758–1759, entirely funded by the ironworks owners (bruksherrar), who held patronage rights over the parish until the 1920s. A separate tower was added in 1769. What survives today is largely the result of a major restoration in 1863, so extensive that it amounted to a rebuilding: the interior and exterior were remodelled in neoclassical style, walls were clad in board, larger windows were opened up, and a vaulted ceiling was installed inside.

A further restoration in 1928 reversed some of this, restoring the original light colour scheme and giving the interior a more classical feel again, and the church was again restored internally in 2007.

Among the furnishings, the altar dates from 1759, while the altarpiece and pulpit belong to the 1864 refit that followed the great rebuilding. A gilded copper bridal crown with silver pendants, donated by an ironworks patron in the late eighteenth century, is a reminder of the close ties between the works owners and the parish. Two bells were cast in 1880 by the Stockholm founder Johan A. Beckman, again paid for by those with ironworks interests.

The main organ, built in 1888 by E. A. Setterquist & Son of Örebro, replaced an earlier instrument from 1863 and was renovated in 1988. A smaller choir organ, built in Uppsala in 1987–1988, was brought to the church in 1989.

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Voxna kyrka

Voxna kyrka stands in the former ironworking settlement of Voxnabruk, close to where the Sälma river joins the Voxnan, within Alfta-Ovanåker parish in Gävleborg. It is the first building visitors reach on entering the village, and its plain exterior belies a lively history of rebuilding.

Västra Kyrkogatan 9, Johannesgården

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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: 9 Jun 2022. This is not an independent verification date.

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