Fristad
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view of church exterior in context - southeast vview
Scene Description: the new church of 1850 built to replace the medieval churches of Gringi and Fristad
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 August 2010 by Stefan Lindberg [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fristads_kyrka.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
![Source caption: "Fristads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1881." -- the new church of 1850 built to replace the medieval churches of Gringi and Fristad](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0201216012_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fristads kyrka [...] Kyrkan från sydöst. Tryck efter teckning av Ernst Wennerblad 1881." -- the new church of 1850 built to replace the medieval churches of Gringi and Fristad
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Image Source: digital image [2462-001.tif] of a 1881 drawing by Ernst Wennerblad, in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fristads_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200155376.jpg] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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view of church interior - looking east
![the modern font of 1916 seen here at the east end of the nave, south side, of the modern [1850] church](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1201216014_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the modern font of 1916 seen here at the east end of the nave, south side, of the modern [1850] church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gottfrid Pettersson, 2014
Image Source: digital image [VMOL03777] of a 1979 photograph by Gottfrid Pettersson, of AB Flygtrafik, in the VM Foto collection, Vänersborgs museum [https://digitaltmuseum.se/021015612506/fristad-interior-av-kyrkan] [accessed 16 December 2020]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23047FRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Fristads kyrka
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Notes: new church of 1850 replaced the medieval churches of Fristad and Gingri, both of which were demolished; respored 1916; renovated 1972-1973
Church Address: [NB: address and coordinates are for the new church] Fristads Kyrka, 513 96 Fristad, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 33 22 23 00
Site Location: Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the O1801-O1803 crossroads, E of highway 42, 15-20 km NE of Borås --
the new church is located just N of the site of the demolished medieval church
Ecclesiastic Region: Skara stift
Historical Region: Ås härad / Älvsborgs län
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church at Fristad)
Font Notes:
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The present font, made of 1916 of Kolmar marble, is located in the chancel, north side.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 382643 6410442
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.820528, 13.024278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 49′ 13.9″ N, 13° 1′ 27.4″ E