Fiskebackskil / Fiskebäckskil

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Scene Description: "Skaftö, Fiskebäckskils kyrka. Dopfunt i trä från 1600-talet."
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Scene Description: "Dopsfunt Fiskebäckskilskyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MjeanetteK, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 14 July 2016 by MjeanetteK
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph August 2025 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph August 2025 by Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre
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Scene Description: "Fiskebäckskils kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © I99pema, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 8 July 2015 by I99pema
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 26231NFK
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Church / Chapel Name: Fiskebäckskils kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Notes: present 1772 church replaced a wooden one of the 16thC
Church Address: Kaptensgatan 77, 450 34 Fiskebäckskil, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 523 29 32 00
Site Location: Bohuslän, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Skaftö
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Svenska Kyrkan [https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/lysekils-pastorat/skafto-kyrkor] [accessed 18 March 2026] reports a 16th-century font made of a single block of oak in it: "Dopfunten härstammar från 1600-talet och är skulpterad i ek i ett enda stycke."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Carlos Abascal Ruiz de Aguirre for beinging this font to our attention and for his photographs of it

COORDINATES

UTM: 32V 644367 6458593
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 58.244736, 11.459511
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 58° 14′ 41.05″ N, 11° 27′ 34.24″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: wood, oak
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: dodecagonal-to-round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal