Almunsdryd
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Scene Description: "Almundsryds kyrka.Dopfunt i trä."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 15 August 2012 by Bernt Fransson
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: "Almundsryds kyrka"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 15 August 2012 by Bernt Fransson
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: "Almundsryds kyrka.Interiör"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 15 August 2012 by Bernt Fransson
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 26302PEJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: wooden font
Church / Chapel Name: Almunsdryds Kyrka
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the chancel
Church Wikidata: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almundsryds_kyrka
Church Notes: new church built in 1828-31 north of the old medieval wooden church
Site Location: Kronoberg, Småland, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 119, in Ryd, in the municipality and ablout 20 km SSW of Tingsryd
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the wooden medieval church here, now disappeared)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Swedish Wikipedia [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almundsryds_kyrka] [accessed 12 April 2026] reports a wooden font in it: "Dopfunt i trä." It appears to date to the same date as the present church, the 19th century. [NB: no entry found in LK's Medeltidens...]
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 481435 6257693
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 56.463361, 14.698722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 56° 27′ 48.1″ N, 14° 41′ 55.4″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Exterior Shape: round