Granhult
Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
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view of font
Scene Description: "Granhults kyrka.Dopfunt i trä / Granhult Church.Baptismal font in wood"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 21 June 2013 by Bernt Fransson
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: "Granhults kyrka i vårvintertid" -- showing the detached bell tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 31 March 2009 by Bernt Fransson
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - sculpture - Madonna and Child
Scene Description: "Granhults kyrka.Madonna skuren i ek.Sengotiskt arbete från omkring 1475 / Granhult Church.Madonna picture cut from oak.Late Gothic work from about 1475"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 23 June 2018 by Bernt Fransson
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: "Granhults kyrka.Interiör"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph 12 September 2008 by Bernt Fransson
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26291ZCC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Granhults Kyrka
Church Notes: wooden church of ca. 1220; much modified 17th and 18thC
Church Address: Granhult 2, 364 44 Norrhult, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 474 360 30
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road 28, in the municipality and 10 km S of Norrhult, 10 km N of Lenhovda, about 40 km NE of Växjö
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Font Notes:
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A communication to BSI from Sara Ellis Nilsson (e-mail of 30 April 2025) informs: "The Granhult font is wooden without images. It is decorated with gold where the wood is split (not sure of its age)".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Sara Ellis Nilsson for bringing this font to our attention
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 512627 6322653
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.047147, 15.208131
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 2′ 49.73″ N, 15° 12′ 29.27″ E