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Varberg Church

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Location
  
Varberg

Denomination
  
Christian

Opened
  
1772

Diocese
  
Gothenburg

Country
  
Weden

Consecrated
  
1771

Phone
  
+46 340 813 10

Province
  
Halland County

Varberg Church

Address
  
Kyrkogatan 2, 432 41 Varberg, Sweden

Similar
  
Sollyckans kyrka, Träslövs Kyrka, Varberg railway station, Varberg Fortress, Hunnestads Kyrka

Varberg Church (Swedish: Varbergs kyrka) is situated at the marketplace in Varberg, Halland County, Sweden. The church was completed in 1772, as a replacement of an elder church from 1687 that was destroyed in a fire on 18 May 1767.

The interior of the church is neoclassical. Mostly of it is from the 19th century. The retable is from 1816. The pulpit was set in during a restoration of the church in 1890–1891. The wooden baptismal font has seven edges. It was made from oak in the 17th century. It comes from an elder church that was destroyed in a fire on 12 August 1666. At this time, the city of Varberg was situated in an area called Platsarna. The city was moved to its current location after the fire in 1666.

A sacristy was built to the north in 1961.

It is the parish church of Varberg Parish, and the eldest and biggest one of the four churches in the parish.

References

Varberg Church Wikipedia