Ransäter Church

Church of Sweden church building in Ransäter, Sweden

Ransäter Church (Swedish: Ransäter kyrka) is a wooden church building in Ransäter in Sweden. It belongs to Forshaga-Munkfors Parish of the Church of Sweden. It was was inaugurated on Candlemas Day 1986.[1]

Ransäter Church
Ransäter kyrka
Ransäter Church in July 2011
LocationRansäter
CountrySweden
DenominationChurch of Sweden
History
Consecrated2 February 1986
Administration
ParishForshaga-Munkfors
DioceseKarlstad

On 6 December 1983 a fire had destroyed the old church.[2][3]

Politician Tage Erlander and his wife Aina are buried on the cemetery near the church.[4]

References change

  1. "Ransäters kyrka" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. "Ransäters kyrka och kyrkogård" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  3. Kerstin Alexandersson, Anette Karls Fors (2004). "Kyrkan brinner" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish National Heritage Board. p. 33. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  4. "Ransäters kyrkogård" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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