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Karlstad
Värmland

Kyrkogård

Johan Alfred Eklund

Halvås, Ryda socken i Skaraborgs län, 1863 - Brunskog, Värmland, 1945
Bishop of Karlstad 1908-1937
(Wikipedia)

Sixten Nilsson
J.N. Rosengren fud. (Limhamn)
1962

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

j.a. eklund
1868-1945
biskop
psalmdiktare
nydanare
——
"fädernas kyrka
i sveriges land
kärast bland samfund
på jorden"
sv.ps. 169
1937 års psalmbok

Signature

sixten nilsson - 62
j.n. rosengren fud. Limhamn

Artist

Sixten Nilsson (1911-1962), Swedish sculptor.

Sources & Information

Anna Svensson, Staffan Jofjell, Upptäck Karlstads skulpturer: Guide till konsten på gator och torg. Tredje utökade upplagan. Karlstad: Karlstads kommun, 2006 (PDF on-line).

Location (N 59°22'52" - E 13°30'21") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: se050; Photograph: 21 July 2009
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