Skag's Chapel
As early as 1613, the Gävle fishermen came to Skagshamn and the chapel with porch was built sometime in the mid-1600s.
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Road description : Turn off the E4 12 km N of Örnsköldsvik and follow the signs to Skagshamn and Skeppsmalen.
Description
On surveyor Stenklyft's map from 1678 there is a depiction of a chapel symbol and on one of the porch's logs is the carved year 1683.
It is erected in heavy timber, like all fishermen's chapels, and board-lined on the outside.
In the chapel there is a votive ship, the ship of promise. It meant the fulfillment of the sailor's promise in dire distress of God's salvation from drowning: "But they cried unto the Lord in their distress, and He brought them out of their trouble. He changed the storm to calm, so that the waves around them were stilled. And they were glad that it was still, and He brought them to the port where they wanted. Let them give thanks to the Lord for His mercy and for His miracle with the children of men."
The original votive ship, donated in 1963 by a ship merchant Sven Eliasson in Örnsköldsvik, is now located in Theastugan. In its place in the chapel hangs the witch Dockan, with whom the Gävle fishing families Axling and Själander sailed to Skagshamn. It was inaugurated in 1997.
In 1996, the Chapel Association was able to inaugurate a long-awaited meeting room with a large terrace, kitchenette and toilet, called Theastugan just above the chapel. It accommodates about 20 visitors and was built on a voluntary basis with contributions from Grundsunda parish.
It is erected in heavy timber, like all fishermen's chapels, and board-lined on the outside.
In the chapel there is a votive ship, the ship of promise. It meant the fulfillment of the sailor's promise in dire distress of God's salvation from drowning: "But they cried unto the Lord in their distress, and He brought them out of their trouble. He changed the storm to calm, so that the waves around them were stilled. And they were glad that it was still, and He brought them to the port where they wanted. Let them give thanks to the Lord for His mercy and for His miracle with the children of men."
The original votive ship, donated in 1963 by a ship merchant Sven Eliasson in Örnsköldsvik, is now located in Theastugan. In its place in the chapel hangs the witch Dockan, with whom the Gävle fishing families Axling and Själander sailed to Skagshamn. It was inaugurated in 1997.
In 1996, the Chapel Association was able to inaugurate a long-awaited meeting room with a large terrace, kitchenette and toilet, called Theastugan just above the chapel. It accommodates about 20 visitors and was built on a voluntary basis with contributions from Grundsunda parish.