Mjoback / Mjöbäck
Image copyright © Min802 / Gösta Imberg, 2009
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunt i Mjöbäcks kyrka tillverkad av Car-Johan Johansson"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Min802 / Gösta Imberg, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2009 by Min802 / Gösta Imberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopfunt_Mjöbäcks_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © VM Foto, 1969
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1969 by VM Foto, Vänersborgs museum, Mjöbäcks Handelsförening [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mjöbäcks_kyrka_1969.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Mjöbäcks kyrka. Interiör mot koret"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © VM Foto, 1978
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1978 by VM Foto, Vänersborgs museum, Mjöbäcks Handelsförening [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mjöbäcks_kyrka_Interiör_1978.jpg] [accessed 19 October 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05613MJO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Mjöbäcks kyrka
Church Notes: medieval wooden church believed destroyed by fire mid-1thC; new wooden church built 1658; present wooden church 1851; renovated 1909, 1927, 1932-33. 1951, 1991-1992
Church Address: Mjöbäcks kyrkby, 512 65 Mjöbäck, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 325 61 20 00
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A154, between local roads O1532 (N) and O1538 (S), 5-6 km N of the county border with Halland
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Kinds härad
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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The present font is modern, made by Carl-Johan Johansson (1861-1934) in Mjöbäck. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 372328 6353992
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.310986, 12.880417
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 18′ 39.55″ N, 12° 52′ 49.5″ E
REFERENCES
- Dahlberg, Markus, Västervik: AB CO Ekblad & Co Tryckeri, 1998, p. 110