Gunnarp's Church

Falkenberg, Sweden

Gunnarps church was built in 1755-1756 and is one of very few wooden churches in Halland. The interior is decorated with beautiful paintings made in 1782. The altarpiece and pulpit were made by Johannes Johansson in 1866.

References:

Falkenberg Tourism

Address

833 Ätran, Falkenberg, Sweden

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Details

Founded: 1755-1756
Category: Religious sites in Sweden
Historical period: The Age of Liberty (Sweden)

More Information

www.visitfalkenberg.se

Rating

4.7/5 (based on Google user reviews)

User Reviews

Rune Strand (7 months ago)
Very nice here.

Krister Malm (17 months ago)
Nice rural church with beautiful ceiling paintings.

Björn Kolodzie (2 years ago)
I visit places of peace and reflection (cemeteries) more often, sometimes completely introspecting. I found this place because, among other things, you can look at very old, but above all artistic, gravestones. Not like today, square, practical, good, if you can say so. If you look at the stones and go back to the respective century and then see how old the people have become, it fills me with humility. Here in Sweden the cemeteries are very beautiful, tidy and clean.

Jennifer Johansson (4 years ago)
Old nice church with a long history

Anders Bengtsson (6 years ago)

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