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Ånimskog Church is from the Middle Ages. Ånimskog's Church is a church building that since 2010 belongs to Åmål's parish, before the church assembly was part of Karlstad's diocese. The church is located a few hundred meters from the east beach of Värnern in the Municipality of Åmål.

It was built in the second half of the 13th century. The church was probably square-shaped but was enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries. Ånimskog Church is one of the oldest churches in Dalsland. The church is counted as one of three most beautiful in Dalsland.In the same time a little house was erected in the south, that house was when the man come to the church they were not allowed to go in to the church with weapons so they would leave the weapon there.

The ceiling painting was decorated by Hans Georg Schüffner in 1739

The altarpiece and pulpit are also from the 18th century, they are made by Lars Falcon from Ånimskog. The baptismal font is from the 1200s, its height is 80 cm and it has two parts with the same size. The font is bowl-shaped and is unevenly cut along the top. The foot is tapered with a strong round bar below the top. There is a chimney in the middle of the church building. The church was damaged in the 1800s, despite restorations, there are still problems left to be fixed.

In south of the church, outside the cemetery wall, stands a board-lined and red-painted bell tower, built in 1731 by carpenter Per Andersson from Sotebyn in Tösse.