For, in Bispgården
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view of church exterior in context
![Source caption: "Fors kyrka [...] Foto av teckning ur Ekdahls samling, ATA. Ohlson: "Jemtlands kyrkor ritande efter naturen 1828."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0200915009_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fors kyrka [...] Foto av teckning ur Ekdahls samling, ATA. Ohlson: "Jemtlands kyrkor ritande efter naturen 1828."
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Image Source: digital image [4141-2.TIF] of a B&W photograph of a 1828 drawing in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200040504.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the new church of 1835 -- Source caption: "Fors church and cemetery, Bispgården, Sweden."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jojoo64, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 May 2016 by Jojoo64 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_Kyrka_Bispgaarden.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]
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view of font and baptismal dish
Scene Description: showing the new soapstone font and the old baptismal dish in the context of the new church of 1835 -- Source caption: "Fors church and cemetery, Bispgården, Sweden."
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Image Source: digital image [4141-18.TIF] of a 1924 B&W photograph by Oscar Svensson, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fors_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200040528.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22902FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Fors kyrka
Church Location: Fors kyrkby, 840 73 Bispgården, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Jämtland, Jämtlands län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highways 87-87 crossroads, 10-12 km ESE of Ragunda and in its municipality, 80-90 km NNW of Sundsvall, 120 km E of Östersund
Ecclesiastic Region: Härnösands stift
Century and Period: 16th century
Church Notes: 16thC church demolished 1834; new church built on a site north of the old church; restored 1920s; bell tower added 1765; baptismal angel made by Pehr Carlsson in 1837
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font made of soapstone is modern. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the 16th-century church here]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 63.013778, 16.656611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 63° 0′ 49.6″ N, 16° 39′ 23.8″ E
UTM: 33V 583865 6988205