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Erska Church (Swedish: Erska kyrka) is a church in Alingsås, Västergötland, Sweden. Erska church stands on a hill. The first medieval church on the site was made of wood, probably destroyed by the Danes during the wars in the early 1600s. It was replaced by a stone church in around 1630, funded by Count Johan Casimir Lejonhufvud of Raseborg. It had a wooden bell tower and bell dated to 1689, which recast in 1784.
A new church was built from 1885 to 1886 in the Byzantine style in a hexagonal shape, with a central tower above the nave. The facades are whitewashed. The older church was demolished around 1888. In 1939, work began preserving and strengthening the chapel.
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