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Photo: Carl Larssons Fotografiska Ateljé AB. Date: 1930.

Photo: Carl Larssons Fotografiska Ateljé AB

Gävle, Sverige (Gävleborgs län) - Betlehemskyrkan
Municipal: Gävle Kommun
Region:Gästrikland
Address: Waldenströmsplan 1, 802 50, Gävle
Website: https://bkgavle.se/

Description nr.: 2073598.

Built by: Åkerman & Lund (1894)
Demolished? (1976?)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1894	Åkerman & Lund		new organ
1911	Åkerman & Lund		enlargement
1937	Åkerman & Lund		restoration and enlargement

Betlehemskyrkan in Gävle is a Missionskyrka. The first church was inaugurated in 1880, designed by E.A. Hedin. It was a large building with 2500 seats. The organ of Alunda Kyrka was bought for this church. This instrument was built in 1786 by Jonas Ekengren. It originally had seventeen registers on two manuals and pedal, but had been modified over time. It has been put up for sale in connection with the construction of a new organ in Alunda.
The organ was placed on a gallery above the pulpit. In 1894 Åkerman & Lund built a new organ with seventeen stops, possibly with some stops by Ekengren. In 1911 the organ was expanded with two stops. In 1937, the interior of the church was modernized. The organ remained in the same place, but on this occasion was again expanded with two registers.
The Betlehemskyrka was demolished in 1976 and replaced by the current church. The organ has not been transferred.

Literature	Inventarium över Svenska orglar : 1991: III Frikyrkor III : Stockholms län - Uppsala län - Västmanlands län - Kopparbergs län - Gävleborgs län - Jämtlands län - Västernorrlands lan - Västerbottens län - Norrbottens län / Tore Johansson [red.]. - Tostared : Förlag Svenska Orglar, 1991.
Links	https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alunda_kyrka#Orglar

Photo: Carl Larssons Fotografiska Ateljé AB