Berg / Berg in Hoverberg
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Results: 4 records
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: the 1797 church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Hans Lindqvist, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 25 June 2016 by Hans Lindqvist [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergs_kyrka_01.jpg] [accessed 28 May 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
![inside the 1797 church -- the 18thC font and its cover are partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side, by the psalm poster on that side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1200528008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: inside the 1797 church -- the 18thC font and its cover are partially visible at the far [east] end, right [south] side, by the psalm poster on that side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Svante.tiren, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2016 by Svante.tiren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interiör_av_Bergs_kyrka,_Jämtland.jpg] [accessed 28 May 2020]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 1706 font attributed to Gregorius Raaf
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [4133-15.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200040474.jpg] [accessed 28 May 2020]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfunten från 1706 i Bergs kyrka, Jämtland, attribuerad till Gregorius Raaf"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Svante.tiren, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 12 August 2016 by Svante.tiren [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dopfunten_från_1706_i_Bergs_kyrka,_Jämtland,_attribuerad_till_Gregorius_Raaf.jpg] [accessed 28 May 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22682BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Bergs kyrka
Church Location: Hoverberg 426, 840 40 Svenstavik, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 687 555 70
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Jämtland, Jämtlands län
Directions to Site: Located E of highway 321, across from the E45, in the S area of the Hoverberg peninsula, NW of Hoverberg, 40-50 km SSW of Östersund
Ecclesiastic Region: Härnösands stift
Historical Region: Norrland
Century and Period: Medieval
Church Notes: church known here since the Middle Ages; present building replaced earlier stone church in 1797; renovated 1913 and 1963
Font Notes:
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No entry found for this church or font in the SHM’s database Medeltidens bildvärld. The present font is modern, of 1706, and attributed to Gregorius Raaf (+1710). [NB: we have not been able to locate any information on the medieval font here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 62.811933, 14.451483
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 62° 48′ 42.96″ N, 14° 27′ 5.34″ E
UTM: 33V 472038 6964755