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Bjurtjärn Church
The Bjurtjärn Church () is a Church (building), church building in Bjurtjärn socken, Bjurtjärn, Storfors Municipality, Sweden. Belonging to the Church of Sweden, the church was inaugurated in 1643. The church resembles the look of the Karlskoga Church, with its red-painted walls, and wooden paneling. The church building was expanded in 1671. The Linroth family donated various items to the church, including an altarpiece. References Works cited * External links

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Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the Germanic_languages#Statistics, fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first among its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other North Germanic languages, Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian language, Norwegian and Danish language, Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century, and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional Variety ( ...
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country by both area and population, and is the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. Its capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.6 million, and a low population density of ; 88% of Swedes reside in urban areas. They are mostly in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden's urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Sweden has a diverse Climate of Sweden, climate owing to the length of the country, which ranges from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times around 12,000 BC. The inhabitants emerged as the Geats () and Swedes (tribe), Swedes (), who formed part of the sea-faring peopl ...
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Bjurtjärn Socken
Bjurtjärn socken is a former socken in Värmland, Sweden. It was established in 1630, when Karlskoga socken were split into two new entities. Since 1974, it has been part of the Storfors Municipality. Its largest settlement, Kyrksten, has a population of about 300. History The Bjurtjärn Church was built in the 17th century. Various items that is kept at this site were donated by the influential Linroth family. In 1854, more than 200 emigrants from Bjurtjärn settled in Pepin County, in the US state of Wisconsin. Archeology The ''socken'' has various graves from the Iron Age. Notable people * Clas Frietzcky, politician * Hans von Kantzow, inventor and engineer Sites of interest in Bjurtjärn socken * Alkvettern Manor See also * Kerang Kerang is a town on the Loddon River in north-central Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It is the commercial centre to an irrigation district based on livestock, horticulture, cytisus proliferus, lucerne a ...
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Storfors Municipality
Storfors Municipality () is a municipality in Värmland County in west central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Storfors, which has approximately 2,500 inhabitants. The first local government unit named Storfors was created in 1950 when a market town (''köping'') by that name was detached from Kroppa. (The rest of Kroppa is since 1971 in Filipstad Municipality.) In 1967 Ullvättern was amalgamated with Storfors, making up the present municipal territory. Storfors is one of Sweden's least populated municipalities. The nearest city is Karlstad, approximately 50 kilometers to the west. Several small lakes and streams offer fishing opportunities. The countryside is also suitable for other outdoor activities, including walking and hiking. Demographics This is a demographic table based on Storfors Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election General elections were held in Sweden on 11 September 2022 to elect the 349 members of the Riksdag who ...
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Church Of Sweden
The Church of Sweden () is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.5 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest List of Lutheran denominations, Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world, after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. A member of the Porvoo Communion, the church professes Lutheranism. It is composed of thirteen dioceses, divided into parishes. It is an open national church which, working with a democracy, democratic organisation together with the ministry of the church, covers the whole nation. The Primate (bishop), Primate of the Church of Sweden, as well as the Metropolitan bishop, Metropolitan of all Sweden, is the Archbishop of Uppsala. It is liturgy, liturgically and theologically "High Church Lutheranism, high church", having retained priests, vestments ...
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Diocese Of Karlstad
The Diocese of Karlstad () is a diocese of the Church of Sweden with its episcopal see in the city of Karlstad. It covers most of the provinces Värmland and Dalsland. Its current borders are from 1693. List of bishops * Sveno Benedicti Elfdalius, 1647–1666 * Andreas Birgeri Kilander, 1666–1673 * Jonas Johannis Scarinius, 1673 * Erlandus Svenonis Broman, 1673–1693 * Benedictus Svenonis Camoenius, 1693–1704 **''Vacant (1704–1706)'' * Jonas Laurentii Arnell, 1706–1707 **''Vacant (1707–1709)'' * Torsten Rudeen, 1709–1717 * Daniel Norlindh, 1717–1718 * Ingemund Bröms, 1718–1722 *Johannes Steuchius, 1723–1731 * Magnus Petri Aurivillius, 1731–1740 **''Vacant (1740–1742)'' * Nils Lagerlöf, 1742–1769 **''Vacant (1769–1771)'' * Jöran Claes Schröder, 1771–1773 **''Vacant (1773–1775)'' * Daniel Henrik Herweghr, 1775–1787 **''Vacant (1787–1789)'' * Herman Schröderheim, 1789–1802 **''Vacant (1802–1805)'' * Olof Bjurbäck, 1805–1829 * Johan Jac ...
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Church (building)
A church, church building, church house, or chapel is a building used for Christian worship church service, services and Christian religion, Christian activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 AD and 256 AD. ''Church'' is also used to describe a Church (congregation), body or an assembly of Christian believers, while "the Church" may be used to refer to the worldwide Christian religious community as a whole. In traditional Christian architecture, the plan view of a church often forms a Christian cross with the centre aisle and seating representing the vertical beam and the Church architecture#Characteristics of the early Christian church building, bema and altar forming the horizontal. Towers or domes may inspire contemplation of the heavens. Modern churches have a variety of architectural styles and layouts. Some buildings designed for other purposes have been converted to churches, while many original church buildings have bee ...
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Karlskoga Church
The Karlskoga Church ( ) is a wooden Church (building), church building in Karlskoga, Sweden. Belonging to the Church of Sweden, the church was inaugurated in the 1600s. It stands as both the oldest building and church in Karlskoga, predating Villa Ekeliden in age. History On July 1, 1586, Charles IX of Sweden issued a letter for the first priest elected, Olaus Gestricius – also Olavus Johannis, Olof Hansson and «herr Olaf på Möckelnsbodar» – (by the late 1500s) where he addressed the need for a church by Möckeln, Lake Möckeln. The residents were ordered to erect the church and completed it at the beginning of the 1600s. It lacked Pew, pews, and the attendees had to stand upright during church service. The need for a church building is partly explained by a period of population growth in nearby areas due to a booming mining industry and Forest Finns settling the area. From 1705 to 1706, the church was rebuilt and got its current size. The church was renovated in 1972 ...
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Linroth Family
The Linroth family, also known as Linderoth family, was a Swedish noble family, that rose to prominence with Elias Linroth. The family was elevated to noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden. Its grants of arms is preserved at the House of Nobility, following its dissolution. Overview The earliest known member of the Linroth family, Laurentius Theodori, served as a vicar. His son, ironmaster Elias, took the name Linroth. The Linroth family established itself as a family managing ironworks in the historical province of Värmland during the 17th and 18th centuries. Elias Linrot acquired the Alkvettern and Lanfors Ironworks', and in 1691, his children were ennobled, following a request by the latter's sons. Members of the Linroth family were in the 17th century living in Värmland, where they managed ironworks in Bjurtjärn and Lungsund '' sockens'', in present-day Storfors Municipality. A Linroth-coat of arms is preserved at the Bjurtjärn Church, and the current municipal c ...
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Altarpiece
An altarpiece is a painting or sculpture, including relief, of religious subject matter made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting or sculpture, or a set of them, the word can also be used of the whole ensemble behind an altar, otherwise known as a reredos, including what is often an elaborate frame for the central image or images. Altarpieces were one of the most important products of Christian art especially from the late Middle Ages to the era of Baroque painting. The word altarpiece, used for paintings, usually means a framed work of panel painting on wood, or later on canvas. In the Middle Ages they were generally the largest genre for these formats. Murals in fresco tend to cover larger surfaces. The largest painted altarpieces developed complicated structures, especially winged altarpieces with hinged side wings that folded in to cover the main image, and were painted o ...
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17th-century Church Of Sweden Church Buildings
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded r ...
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