Eastern Chapel () is a

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Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

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. Belonging to the

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, the current building was opened in 1937. Throughout history, several wooden churches stood in this location, which were destroyed by fires. The earliest known mention of a church on this location dates back to 1644 and the earliest known mention of a graveyard dates back to 1636.

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