Kalvsvik

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Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2012

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view of church exterior - west view

Source caption: "Kalvsviks kyrka. Kyrkan uppfördes i nyklassicistisk stil efter ritningar av Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander. Kyrkan togs i bruk redan 1852 men invigdes inte förrän 1861 av biskop Henrik Gustaf Hultman."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalvsviks kyrka. Kyrkan uppfördes i nyklassicistisk stil efter ritningar av Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander. Kyrkan togs i bruk redan 1852 men invigdes inte förrän 1861 av biskop Henrik Gustaf Hultman."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 May 2012 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvsviks_kyrka007.JPG] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Source caption: "Kalvsviks kyrka. Kyrkan uppfördes i nyklassicistisk stil efter ritningar av Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander. Kyrkan togs i bruk redan 1852 men invigdes inte förrän 1861 av biskop Henrik Gustaf Hultman"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kalvsviks kyrka. Kyrkan uppfördes i nyklassicistisk stil efter ritningar av Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander. Kyrkan togs i bruk redan 1852 men invigdes inte förrän 1861 av biskop Henrik Gustaf Hultman"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 July 2014 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvsviks_kyrka_001.JPG] [accessed 17 August 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

waterccolour painting of the old wooden church about a year before it was demolished -- Source caption: "Kalvsviks [gamla] kyrka [...] Raä-nr: Kalvsvik 13:1. Medeltida träkyrka, riven 1855. Akvarell och krita av C.G. Hjertsäll 28 september 1854."
Scene Description: waterccolour painting of the old wooden church about a year before it was demolished -- Source caption: "Kalvsviks [gamla] kyrka [...] Raä-nr: Kalvsvik 13:1. Medeltida träkyrka, riven 1855. Akvarell och krita av C.G. Hjertsäll 28 september 1854."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [htsm0134] 6 July 2015 by Lars Kennerstedt of a 28 September 1854 by C.G. Hjertsäll, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvsviks_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16001000535361.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of font in context

the restored font in the northeast corner of the mid-19thC church
Scene Description: the restored font in the northeast corner of the mid-19thC church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/057232/images/57232_62176398] [accessed 17 August 2020]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of font in context

the top of the font is visible here in the northwest corner of the nave, between the candelabra on the left and the modern lectern on the right
Scene Description: the top of the font is visible here in the northwest corner of the nave, between the candelabra on the left and the modern lectern on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2018
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 3 August 2018 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvsviks_kyrkorum.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - looking east

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2018 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalvsviks_kyrkorum.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06288KAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, basin only
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Bestiarius workshop [Drake]
Church / Chapel Name: Kalvsviks kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, in the NW corner of the nave
Church Notes: medieval [ca. 1220?] wooden church documented 1336; old church described and illustrated in 1848 by Nils Månsson Mandelgren; new church built 1851 but not consecrated until 1861; old church demolished 1855
Church Address: Kalvsviks kyrkby, Växjö SV, Sweden
Site Location: Småland, Kronobergs län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road G693, on the N shore of the Kalsviksfjorden, 15-20 km SSW of Växjö and in its municipality
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Historical Region: Kinnevalds härad, Kronobergs län, Småland
Additional Comments: re-cycled font (originally from the medieval wooden church here) / altered font (only the original cylindrical stone basin remains, now on a modern nase)
Font Notes:
No entry found for this font in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. Listed in Drake (2002: 183) as one of several baptismal fonts "[a]ttributed to the Bestiarius workshop but not verified".

COORDINATES

UTM: 33V 483126 6286156
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.719133, 14.724297
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 43′ 8.88″ N, 14° 43′ 27.47″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 183