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Forsmark Church

In 1613, a wooden church was built south of Bruksgatan in Forsmark. In 1794, work began on a neoclassical stone church designed by the architect Olof Tempelman from Stockholm. The church was built by Samuel af Ugglas, owner of Forsmark ironworks. King Gustav IV Adolf himself laid the foundation stone. The church was consecrated in 1800 by Archbishop Uno von Troil.

The interior of the church is in late Gustavian style and was designed by the interior architect Louis Masreliez. The pipe organ for the newly built church was made by the instrument and musical-clock maker Pehr Strand in Stockholm. The church's interior has largely kept its late Gustavian style. The nave's large round-arched windows and free space give a bright and friendly church room. On the short walls there are two semicircular projections that break up the otherwise entirely rectangular interior. In the east, the chancel with the altar designed as a sarcophagus, and in the west a gallery for the ironworks' gentry. In a burial vault beneath the chancel rest the builder's family and relatives. Forsmark Church is a neoclassical church with a tower and an internal chancel apse. The western façade is especially interesting. The architect Olof Tempelman designed a heavy cornice that also runs around the tower. The cornice is supported by Doric pilasters. The western portal makes a powerful impression with its two pilasters and the triangular gable above.

Contact

  • Forsmarks Bruk, 742 94
  • Year-round

Good to know

  • Built: 1800
  • Heritage listing: Kyrklig kulturminnesanläggning

Getting here

Getting here

Forsmarks bruk · 380 m away

No departures in the next few hours.

Distance as the crow flies

  • Stockholmapprox 115 km
  • Uppsalaapprox 65 km
  • Norrtäljeapprox 75 km

As the crow flies — not driving distance.