Svanshals No. 2 / Svanhals

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
view of church interior - looking east
![the 17thC font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200420041_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the 17thC font is partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 October 2011 by Bernt Fransson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Svanshals4.jpg] [accessed 20 April 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18197SVA
Church/Chapel: Svanshals Kyrka
Church Location: Svanshals, 590 22 Väderstad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 142 552 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Östergötland, Östergötlands län
Directions to Site: Located in the SW shore of the Tåkern, about 10 km ENE of Ödeshög
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Michael Hacke [aka Mickel Hack]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The present font in use at this church was made by the Michael Hacke workshop in Skänninge in the 17th century [NB: Hacke died in 1672]. [cf. Index entry for Svanshal No. 1 for the original font ftom this church, now at the SHM in Stockholm]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
58.3251,
14.804
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
58° 19′ 30.36″ N,
14° 48′ 14.4″ E
UTM: 33V 488520 6464922