Södra Råda Old Church, Medieval wooden church in Gullspång Municipality, Sweden.

Södra Råda Old Church is a reconstruction of a timber church whose walls are clad in overlapping reddish-brown wooden shingles, with a taller gabled nave on the left and a lower gabled chancel on the right. Inside, the walls and barrel-vaulted ceiling are covered in painted interlocking circles and figures in dark outlines on a light ground. A recessed chancel opening holds the altar, with an enclosed wooden pulpit on a carved base to the left.

The original structure was founded around 1310 and stood for nearly seven centuries before a fire destroyed it in November 2001. The building was later reconstructed using authentic medieval methods and completed in 2022.

The church is a reconstruction: the original burned down on 12 November 2001, and a project led by the Swedish National Heritage Board rebuilt it using medieval methods, opening it in 2022. The nave paintings were signed by the painter Amund and dated 1493, while the chancel paintings from 1323 are anonymous. The churchyard is enclosed by a red-painted timber fence, a so-called kyrkbalk, maintained by the parish farms according to their size.

The church sits at the exact location of its original structure and is situated in a rural setting that requires some travel to reach. Visitors should know this is a freely accessible space and respectful behavior is expected within this sacred building.

Archaeological digs in 2004 confirmed that a stave church had stood on the site before the 14th-century building, so the present reconstruction rests on the footprint of two successive churches. The churchyard is still enclosed by a red-painted log fence, a kyrkbalk, which parish farms maintain in proportion to their size; a 1730 decision required it built of pine logs with a roof.