Norra Solberga

Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: photograph taken after the old church was stripped of all the later additions and reduced to its original medieval structure

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

Image Source: digital image [2556-003.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Solberga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086409.jpg] [accessed 28 June 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Norra Solbergas bevarade medeltida kyrkobyggnad:"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pollex, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2013 by Pollex [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Solberga_gamla_kyrka.JPG] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Kyrkan mot söder med klockstapeln och omgivning [...] 1894" -- photograph taken before the old church was stripped of all the later additions and reduced to its original medieval structure; the bell cote was moved to a Jönköping city park in 1903

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Image Source: digital image [2556-010.TIF] of a 1894 B&W photograph, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Solberga_gamla_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086420.jpg] [accessed 28 June 2020]

Copyright Instructions: PD Sweden

view of church exterior in context - south view

Scene Description: south view of the two churches, cheek by jowl

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © L.G.foto, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 April 2009 by L.G.foto [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_solberga_kyrka_från_luften.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: the interior of the modern church; the unimpressive modern wooden font is visible in the northeast corner of the nave

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Reine Axel Unnerbäck / Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet, 1972

Image Source: digital image [2555-003.TIF] of a 1972 B&W photograph by Reine Axel Unnerbäck, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norra_Solberga_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200086518.jpg] [accessed 28 June 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-2.5

view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern limestone baptismal font of 1971 in use in the old church

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058732/images/58732_71878341] [accessed 28 June 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22767SOL
Church/Chapel: Norray Solberga [gamla] kyrka
Church Location: Norra Solberga Kyrka 1, 571 92 Nässjö, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 380 55 50 80 [the old and new churches stand side by side]
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Jönköpings län
Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road F959 [aka Stockholmsvägen], E of road 32, in the municipality and 15 km NE of Nässjö, NW of Eksjö, about 50 km E of Jönköping and the E4
Ecclesiastic Region: Linköpings stift
Historical Region: Södra Vedbo härad
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: the old church [gamla kyrka], reduced to its medieval size by demolishing all the later additions, survives and is in use next to the new church
Both the medieval church and the new one have modern fonts now; the old church has a batismal font of limestone made in 1971; the new church uses a wooden 1941 font made of oak. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the medieval church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 57.721389, 14.842778
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 57° 43′ 17″ N, 14° 50′ 34″ E
UTM: 33V 490635 6397703