The Karesuando Church () is a wooden

church building A church, church building, church house, or chapel is a building used for Christian worship services and Christian activities. The earliest identified Christian church is a house church founded between 233 AD and 256 AD. ''Church'' is also ...

Karesuando Karesuando (; or ; Northern Sámi: ; Meänkieli: ''Karesuanto'') is the northernmost locality in Sweden. It is situated in Kiruna Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 303 inhabitants in 2010 and 350 in 2011. It is a church village, l ...

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. Belonging to the Karesuando Parish of the

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 ...

. It was inaugurated on 3 December 1905 by Bishop Olof Bergqvist of the

Diocese of Luleå The Diocese of Luleå () is a Swedish diocese of the Church of Sweden with its Episcopal see in the city of Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards ...

., replacing an older church. The church is the northernmost in Sweden.

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{{coord, 68.4418, N, 22.4817, E, source:wikidata, display=title 20th-century Church of Sweden church buildings Churches in Norrbotten County Churches completed in 1905 Wooden churches in Sweden Churches in the Diocese of Luleå 1905 establishments in Sweden Kiruna Municipality 20th-century establishments in Norrbotten County