"Kong Oscar IIs kapell" (4 of 5)
Description
The nave of the church is a rectangular space with a wide, pointed arch-shaped opening towards the choir, somewhat raised in relation to the floor of the nave. High-backed wooden benches with a rounded-off finish are positioned on each side of the central aisle. These are painted to look like oak-wood, like most of the interior woodwork. All of the walls are of plastered, whitewashed stone, including the porch and apse. In the three windows along each of the long walls a few of the panes are made of red, green and blue glass. The ceiling of the church is flat and serves no supporting function. Loft beams are laid longitudinally and are supported by crossways girders. The beams are painted a glazed yellow colour, darker than the ochre tones of the ceiling boards above. At the choir opening stands a semi-octagonal pulpit on an eight-sided base and column. This eight-sided form element is repeated in the christening font and in the semi-octagonal shape of the ceiling over the choir. The altar is free-standing and there is a passage behind it. The altarpiece, with its Gothic-inspired surround, shows Jesus on the cross against a dark-painted Jerusalem as its motif
it was painted by the priest Gustav Adolf Lammers in 1867. Almost all of the furnishings and interior date from the time of the chapel’s construction, and the colours are original.