Sodra Unnaryd / Södra Unnaryd

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view of basin - fragment

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfuntsämne, gråsten."

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Image Source: digital image [2053-024.TIF] of a 1945 B&W photograph by Egil Lönnberg in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Unnaryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088611.jpg] [accessed 28 August 2023]

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view of basin - fragment

Scene Description: Source caption: "Dopfuntsämne, gråsten."

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Image Source: digital image [2053-022.TIF] of a 1911 B&W photograph by Pehr Gunnar Vejde in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Unnaryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088609.jpg] [accessed 28 August 2023]

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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Södra Unnaryds kyrka i Södra Unnaryds socken, Hylte kommun, Hallands län, Småland, Sverige."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gunnar Creutz, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 29 July 2015 by Gunnar Creutz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Unnaryds_kyrka_1530.jpg] [accessed 28 August 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Södra Unnaryds kyrkosal"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Kent Olsson, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2018 by Kent Olsson [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Unnaryds_kyrkosal_2018.jpg] [accessed 28 August 2023]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Södra Unnaryds kyrka [...] Interiör mot nordväst med dopfunt och predikstol." -- the new font made of oak by oak by Lars Jönsson of Lövdala, in 1915

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Image Source: digital image [2053-016.TIF] of a 1945 B&W photograph by Egil Lönnberg in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Södra_Unnaryds_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200088569.jpg] [accessed 28 August 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24878UNN
Church/Chapel: Södra Unnaryds Kyrka
Church Location: Norra Vägen 4, 310 83 Unnaryd, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 345 197 40
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Småland, Hallands län
Directions to Site: Located off the N876, just N of Sönnerskog, 35-40 km NW of Ljungby
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: , Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 1831-1833 replaced the medieval church here
Two old B&W photographs in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet [cf. ImagesArea] document the survival of a large fragment of a round stone basin of the baptismal font from the medieval church here; they are dated 1911 and 1945 respectively. Not found in the SHM database. A 2022 Kyrkoguiden video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUO2SsFpNaI] [accessed 28 August 2023] [cf. ImagesArea] shows the fragment inside the church, by the organ. The font in use was made of oak by Lars Jönsson of Lövdala, in 1915; it is octagonal top to bottom and has decorated basin panels.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.955083, 13.531361
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 57′ 18.3″ N, 13° 31′ 52.9″ E
UTM: 33V 410680 6313346

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round [fragment]
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round