Swedish Country Churches 3.

The book

Svenska landsbygdskyrkor

Eglises de campagne suédoises

is now available !

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Delivery in 2 to 6 working days worldwide

Price: 230:- sek / 22 €

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The book present 30 churches from two regions of Sweden, Västergötland and Värmland, with the aim of spotlighting their beauty and originality. One fascinating thing they have in common is that they have hand-painted interiors, dating from different periods of history.

Habo, Vesene, Våmb, Suntak, Husaby, Forsby, Gökhem, Hedared (left to right, top to bottom)

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Philippe Bouquet, Habo church

The foreword and the texts for each church are written in Swedish, French and English by Philippe Bouquet, former professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Caen (France).

about Philippe Bouquet

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Watch a short film presenting the book !

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You can also follow the progress of the project on Instagram where I publish the most recent news

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Swedish Country Churches 2.

The book Svenska landsbygdskyrkor ⎮ Eglises de campagne suédoises is coming out soon !

It present 30 churches from two regions of Sweden, Västergötland and Värmland, with the aim of spotlighting their beauty and originality. One fascinating thing they have in common is that they have hand-painted interiors, dating from different periods of history.

The foreword and the texts for each church are written by Philippe Bouquet, former professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Caen (France), and are in Swedish, French and English.

about Philippe Bouquet

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The book cover

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Four pages of the book

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The 30 churches and their location

Borgstena

Borgvik

Gräsmark

Bottnaryd

Bredsäter

Forsby

Forshem

Fullösa

Gudhem

Gökhem

Götene

Habo

Hammarö

Hedared

Holmestad

Husaby

Härja

Hönsäter

Kestad

Kinne-Vedum

Kungslena

Lugnås

Långserud

Skälvum

Suntak

Varnhem

Vesene

Visnum

Våmb

Älgarås

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From the Foreword...

Laurent och jag har bemödat oss om att hitta de allra minsta kyrkorna, de som ligger så långt från allfartsvägarna som möjligt. Ibland har vi varit tvungna att följa små “valnötsdoftande” stigar, som man säger på franska, till exempel för att hitta Suntak, uppe på sin gräsbevuxna kulle.

Laurent et moi nous sommes ingéniés à rechercher les plus petites parmi les églises, situées à l’écart des grandes routes. Nous avons parfois dû, pour cela, emprunter « un petit sentier sentant la noisette », comme pour arriver à celle de Suntak, par exemple, sur sa butte herbeuse.

Laurent and I did take some pains to seek out the smallest among countryside churches, far from the madding crowd, far from motorways. We even had to walk some “walnut-smelling lanes”, as we say in French, for example to reach Suntak on its grassy hill.

Philippe Bouquet

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Technical data

Format: 155x210 mm, 144 pages, 154 color photographs and one map

4/4 printing

Paper: Arctic volume white 150g (insert), Munken lynx 300g (cover)

ISBN 9789152715154

Weight: 391 g

First edition 230 copies, ©2022 Philippe Bouquet (text), Laurent Denimal (photo)

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Support

We have got financial support from the Swedish Royal Patriotic Society (Kungliga Patriotiska Sällskapet) and the Swedish authors fund (Sveriges Författarfond) which make publication of this book possible.

We also got the support of the Church of Sweden (Research and Analysis Unit), and the Diocese of Karlstad, the Diocese of Växjö and the Skara Diocese Historical Society.

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The book is allready presented on a dedicated page on my website

to the Website

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You can also follow the project on Instagram where I will publish the most recent news

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Swedish Country Churches 1.

The project Swedish Country Churches (Landsbygdskyrkor / Eglises de campagne suédoises) focuses on the smallest and most unknown of all the churches of Sweden, and specifically those in two regions, Västergötland and Värmland, with the aim of spotlighting their beauty and originality. One fascinating thing they have in common is that they have hand-painted interiors, dating from different periods of history.

The project is directed by Philippe Bouquet, former professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Caen (France) and a very talented translator from Swedish literature into French with over 150 published books.

The project concluded with the production of a book which gonna present 30 churches. The foreword and the texts for each church are written by Philippe Bouquet (Swedish, French and English), and all the photographs are taken by Laurent Denimal.

We 've got the support of the Church of Sweden (Svenska Kyrkan), with a recommandation letter from the Research and Analysis Unit (Uppsala), and financial support from the Swedish Royal Patriotic Society (Kungliga Patriotiska Sällskapet).

A simplified map show the churches localisation in Västergötland and Värmland, and a few photographs of the project are presented. You can see even more pictures here.

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Swedish country churches

Västergötland and Värmland

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Hammarö Suntak Vesene

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Details from the churches of Hammarö, Husaby, Älgarås, Suntak, Forsby, Borgvik, Kungslena, Habo and Fullösa. (left to right, top to bottom)

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