Saint Lawrence church is located in Falkenberg

Falkenberg

Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 18,972 inhabitants in 2005.The town has a population of 19,000 and is located at the mouth of the river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish words for falcon and mountain...

 old town, Sweden

Sweden

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 and probably built around 1300. It was the town's parish church until 1892, when it was replaced with Falkenbergs church.

The church was burnt during the northern seven years' war

Northern Seven Years' War

The Northern Seven Years' War was the war between Kingdom of Sweden and a coalition of Denmark–Norway, Lübeck and the Polish–Lithuanian union, fought between 1563 and 1570...

 (1563–1570). The parishers were in 1586 allowed to use the Crown

The Crown

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's toll

Tariff

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s and excise tax to rebuild the church. Large scale refurbishment took place in 1668 and in the mid 17th century.

Discussions took place on its use after it had been replaced with the new church in 1892. It was suggested to be demolished. However, instead it came to be used as a gymnastics

Gymnastics

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hall, as well as for hosting concerts and lectures. A renovation in 1903 adopted the former church to its new use. It was later, in 1928, once again put into religious use, and is so still.