Bjurtjärn Church
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The Bjurtjärn Church ( sv, Bjurtjärns kyrka) is a
church building A church, church building or church house is a building used for Christian worship services and other Christian religious activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 and 256. From the 11th thro ...
in Bjurtjärn,
Storfors Municipality Storfors Municipality (''Storfors kommun'') is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Storfors, which has approximately 2,500 inhabitants. The first local government unit named Storfors was ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
. Belonging to the
Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sw ...
, the church was inaugurated in 1643. The church resembles the look of the Karlskoga Church, with its red-painted walls, and wooden paneling. The church building was expanded in 1671. The
Linroth family The Linroth family, also known as Linderoth family, was a Swedish noble family, that rose to prominence with Elias Linroth. The family was elevated to noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden. Its grants of arms is preserved at the House of Nobilit ...
donated various items to the church, including an
altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...
.


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* 17th-century Church of Sweden church buildings Buildings and structures in Storfors Municipality Wooden churches in Sweden {{Sweden-church-stub