Kyrkås nr. Östersund No. 1 / Hjällsjö
Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image [4218-15.TIF] of a 1956 B&W photograph of an undated drawing in the ATA Eckdahl collection, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyrkås_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200041184.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church exterior - bell tower
Scene Description: the bell tower was re-built in 1958
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreaze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2017 by Andreaze [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyrkås_gamla_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - northwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreaze, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 September 2017 by Andreaze [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyrkås_gamla_kyrka3.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: the old church in 1932; it would undergo a restoration in 1959
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Image Source: digital image [4218-1.TIF] of a 1932 B&W photograph by Harald Faith-Ell, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyrkås_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200041169.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreaze, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 September 2017 by Andreaze [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyrkås_gamla_kyrka2.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior in context - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Andreaze, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2017 by Andreaze [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyrkås_gamla_kyrka1.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of church interior
Scene Description: the old church is used now mostly for baptisms and weddings
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xauxa Håkan Svensson, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 August 2010 by Xauxa Håkan Svensson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kyrkaas_kyrka_interior.jpg] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: kept in the old church only in the summer months
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/0179306/images/179306_55014720] [accessed 23 June 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22753KYR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Kyrkås gamla kyrka
Church Location: Kyrkås kyrkby, Lungre 210, 831 91 Östersund, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Jämtland, Jämtlands län
Directions to Site: Located off local road Z743, SE of the E45, 2 km W of Lungre, about 15 km ENE of Östersund
Ecclesiastic Region: Härnösands stift
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Church Notes: medieval church documented ca. 1350; much modified since; restored 1959 and then used for baptisms and weddings mostly
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the medieval font here]. In the summer months the 1695 font from the new church is moved into this church for the celebration of baptisms.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 63.222861, 14.825778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 63° 13′ 22.3″ N, 14° 49′ 32.8″ E
UTM: 33V 491243 7010432