Sofia Church () is a

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in western

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

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. Belonging to Sofia-Järstorp Parish of the

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, it was opened on 8 April 1888, on

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