Fiskebackskil / Fiskebäckskil
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Scene Description: "Skaftö, Fiskebäckskils kyrka. Dopfunt i trä från 1600-talet."
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Image Source: digital image [2663-28.TIF] of an undated B&W photograph in the Kulturmiljöbild, Riksantikvarieämbetet
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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 Wikidata: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiskebäckskils_kyrka
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
Town/City Wikipedia: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiskebäckskil
Font Notes:
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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