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.
The book cover
Four pages of the book
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
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
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)
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.
The book is allready presented on a dedicated page on my website
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