Experiences in food, nature and history

A small church from the 15th century. Inside there are some fine medieval sculptures and one of Sweden's oldest organs. Nearby is the Andrum outdoor chapel.

A beautiful little medieval church that has plenty of blinds on the facade. Blinds are decorative patterns and recesses in the wall surface. If the church is open, you can try to find the faces hiding in the vault. It's not quite easy! In the 1860s, the church would be demolished. The porch cored, but then the work was interrupted. Instead, it became a desert church until […]

The white-clad church is located at a small height in the middle of the upland cultivation landscape. It is not far to Mälarviken Oxen. The church is built in the Middle Ages and has a low and solid tower.

Gryta kyrka is located at the end of an idyllic winding little road that first takes you past the stately Salnecke and Salnecke castle café. The church is a light-skinned medieval building with a chip roof. If the church is open, you can watch nice lime paintings in the spirit of Albertus Pictor. Don't miss the little special altar essay from the 18th century and the nice pulpit.

To the exterior a typical upland church - whitewashed and without towers. Inside you should first and foremost look at the fine arches construction in the choir - the medieval builders were real estates!

In the area around Örsundsbro, the churches are close - it is not many kilometers between. In Bishop's bell, just as the name suggests, the Archbishop was a significant landowner when it went. Biskopskulla church is a disguised medieval church - at the first glance of the little tower-sanctified sanctuary, it is believed that it is from the 18th century - but you [...]

Litslena church is located at the intersection between Uppsalavägen and old Stockholmsvägen. Here, in all times, a lot of people have moved and even today the church functions as a road church in the summer. It is lucky that it is so often open, because there is much to look at in the medieval church. The altar cabinet is made in Lübeck in the 1480s […]

Nysätra church is from the 15th century and built of brick. The facade has plenty of white blinds - ie decorative fields. Inside, the church is characterized by the style ideals of the 19th century. The bell tower is on the other side of the road and is in for confusion like the one in Österunda - here the same 17th century builders must have been on the go! The church is situated [...]

Torstuna Church dates back to the 1790s in a neoclassical style and very spacious. The Torstuna population was great at that time and everyone would be seated in the church! The building replaced a medieval church that had been hit by the lightning in the early 18th century. The altar essay is made by Burkhard Precht, who was one of the Baroque's best stockholm craftsmen.  

Frösthult's church is a medieval church that was equipped with towers in the 1840s. Interestingly, John Campaniu's tomb is inside the church. In the 1640s, he was a missionary among the Indians in the colony of new Sweden and drafted a dictionary of the Indians' languages. He also translated Luther's little catechesis into the Indian language. Later in life he became vicar of Frösthult. [...]

High on a hill stands Altuna church with a view of the entire parish. The church is from the middle of the 19th century.