Hortlax kyrka

Piteå Municipality · Norrbotten County

Welcome to Hortlax kyrka! The church was built on a hill in the middle of the village in 1913-1917. It is a compact cruciform stone church with white plaster on the outside and was built in a Gothic style influenced by Art Nouveau (Jugendstil).

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About the church

Hortlax kyrka is a church building in Hortlax. It is the parish church of Hortlax parish in the Diocese of Luleå. The church stands in a forest clearing on a hill, with a nearby church town (kyrkstad) from the 1920s. The church town is the youngest in Sweden and also the only one designed by an architect.

The text has been translated from the article Hortlax kyrka on Swedish Wikipedia and may be used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hortlax kyrka
Hortlax kyrka. Photo: Gunnar Ullenius, Public domain. Image source