Söderfors kyrka

Architect

Erik Palmstedt

Year

1789

Style

Neoclassical

Type

church

The tower of Söderfors kyrka stands at the east end and the chancel at the west, the reverse of most Swedish churches, which puts the main door in line with Storgatan, the ironworks' main street. Adolf Ulric Grill, the works owner, paid…

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1789
Original construction
Erik Palmstedt
1792
Completion
The church was consecrated on 30 September by archbishop Uno von Troil and taken into use. It served the ironworks community at Söderfors, and its interior was altered several times over the following two centuries, beginning at the altar…
1855
Installation
The cross that had served as the altar ornament was taken down and an altarpiece was set up in its place. That arrangement held until the restoration of 1945, when the cross was put back at the altar and the altarpiece was moved elsewhere…
1945
Interior
The cross with the crown of thorns was put back at the altar during a larger restoration, and the altarpiece that had replaced it ninety years earlier was moved. The chancel was returned to an arrangement closer to the one the church was…
1979
Renovation
A new sheet metal roof was laid over the whole church in a single campaign. Unlike the earlier recorded work here, which had been confined to the chancel and its furnishings, this touched the outside of the building and its covering.