Explore churches in Sandvikens Kommun.
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Basic listingÅrsunda kyrka is one of Gästrikland's best-preserved medieval churches, standing near a group of Viking-age burial mounds a short distance south of Sandviken. Visitors come for its striking altarpiece, its early 18th-century organ, and a runestone with roots reaching back to the Viking Age.
Prästbordsvägen 47, 810 22, Årsunda
View church details: Årsunda kyrkaBasic listingBjörksätra kyrka is a modern parish church in Sandviken, built to serve the fast-growing Björksätra housing area in the 1970s. This guide draws on local and national sources to outline its history, architecture and a few notable features.
Björksätra Mitt, Sandviken
View church details: Björksätra kyrkaBasic listingHammarby kapell is a small chapel in Hammarby, Gästrikland, within the Ovansjö-Järbo parish. Recognisable by its spired tower and decoratively carved entrance canopy, it began life serving a very different purpose from today's quiet place of worship.
Kapellvägen 3, 812 41, Gästrike-Hammarby
View church details: Hammarby kapellBasic listingHögbo kyrka is a white wooden church beside the road known as Tidernas väg, north of Sandviken in Gästrikland. Popular for weddings and christenings, it stands opposite the historic Högbo Bruk ironworks and remains a well-loved parish church today.
Högbovägen 221, 811 92, Sandviken
View church details: Högbo kyrkaBasic listingJärbo kyrka is a timber church in the village of Järbo, in Sandviken municipality, part of Ovansjö-Järbo parish in the Diocese of Uppsala. It replaced an earlier chapel and stands as a memorial to the local community's determination to build and rebuild their own place…
Ockelbovägen 2, 811 95, Järbo
View church details: Järbo kyrkaBasic listingÖsterfärnebo kyrka stands at a crossroads in the village of Österfärnebo, in Gävleborg. Built in the early nineteenth century, it replaced a medieval church and remains a good example of the restrained classicism favoured for Swedish parish churches of that period.
Gysingevägen 1, 810 20, Österfärnebo
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