Falkoping / Falköping
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sankt Olofs kyrka i Falköping, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Achird, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2010 by Achird [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_i_Falköping_0801.jpg] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sydportalen till Sankt Olofs kyrka i Falköping, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Achird, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2010 by Achird [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_i_Falköping_0821.jpg] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - south view
![Source caption: "Falköping, Ankt Olofs lyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201025032_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Falköping, Ankt Olofs lyrka [...] Kyrkan från söder. Foto efter teckning ur Peringskiölds Monumenta."
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Image Source: digital image [2888-040.tif] of a late-17thC drawing in Peringskiöld's Monumenta, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falköping,_Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154169.jpg] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Falköping, Ankt Olofs lyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1879."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201025033_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Falköping, Ankt Olofs lyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1879."
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Image Source: digital image [2888-004.tif] of a 22 July 1879 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falköping,_Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154125.jpg] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sankt Olofs kyrka i Falköping, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Achird, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2010 by Achird [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_i_Falköping_0780.jpg] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sankt Olofs kyrka i Falköping (Skara stift)."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_Falköping_Västergötland_Sweden_7.JPG] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Orgelläktaren i Sankt Olofs kyrka i Falköping, f.d. Skaraborgs län, Skara stift, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Achird, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2010 by Achird [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_i_Falköping_0852_orgelläktare.jpg] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sankt Olofs kyrka i Falköping (Skara stift)." [NB: the modern font]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_Falköping_Västergötland_Sweden_11.JPG] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Falköping, Ankt Olofs lyrka [...] Interiör mot väster." [NB: the font seen here is probably 18thC and would be replaced ca. 1945 by a newer one]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201025034_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Falköping, Ankt Olofs lyrka [...] Interiör mot väster." [NB: the font seen here is probably 18thC and would be replaced ca. 1945 by a newer one]
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Image Source: digital image [2888-152.tif] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falköping,_Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154362.jpg] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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view of font in context
![Source caption: "Sankt Olofs kyrka i Falköping (Skara stift)." [NB: the modern font]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201025040_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sankt Olofs kyrka i Falköping (Skara stift)." [NB: the modern font]
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 July 2010 by Nasko [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_Falköping_Västergötland_Sweden_4.JPG] [accessed 25 October 2020]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 22975FAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: St Olofskyrka / Sankt Olofs kyrka, Falköping
Church Patron Saints: St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Location: S: t Olofsgatan / Storgatan 11B, 521 47 Falköping, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 515 77 63 00
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län
Directions to Site: Falköping is located off highways 46-47 crossroads, about 20 km S of Skara
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Vartofta härad
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC pilgrimage church
Font Notes:
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Two baptismal fonts in this church are documented in photographs of its interior: an undated [pre-1945?] B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falköping,_Sankt_Olofs_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200154362.jpg] [accessed 25 October 2020] shows a baptismal font in the centre aisle, near the communion railing; the font appears to be 18th-century, a decorated octagonal basin on a slender pedestal base; a later baptismal font made in 1945 by Anders Jönsson (Konstnär) is reported in the entry for this church in Kringla [www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaHistorik.raa?page=historik&visaHistorik=true&byggnadId=21400000426468] [accessed 25 October 2020]; the font consists of a square basin with carved scenes on the sides and figures at the angle chamfers, raised on a moulded round pedestal base. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font of this church].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 58.161382, 13.550836
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 58° 9′ 40.97″ N, 13° 33′ 3.01″ E
UTM: 33V 414731 6447594