Kumla Church is best known for its vibrant, well-preserved paintings by Albertus Pictor. In the 15th century, many people in these areas wanted to renovate their churches and beat arches, that is, remodel the ceilings, from simple wooden roofs to brick arches, just as in the new large boasting buildings, the cathedrals. The tile roofs were then painted - in Kumla […]
Read more ...Dense, dense with small white churches. This is what it looks like in many places in Fjärdhundraland. The medieval churches remain, several with paintings of Albertus Pictor.
Härkeberga church
Härkeberga church is filled with paintings by Albertus Pictor. Not a centimeter is empty, everywhere there are pictures of biblical figures, the essence of folk beliefs, exotic animals and many other things.
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Open: Open Friday-Sunday 11am to 4pm in May 2020.
Fröslunda Church
Fröslunda church is a small church from the 15th century. Inside are some fine medieval sculptures and one of Sweden's oldest organs. The pulpit is located above the altar and is a sumptuous baroque creation with two stairs and waving angels.
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Open: Contact the parish council if you want to visit the church. Worship service some Sunday afternoons and also at Christmas time. Open some time during the summer.
Fittja church
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 […]
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Open: Contact the parish council if you want to visit the church. Religion some Sundays. Open some time during the summer.
Kulla church
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.
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Open: Contact the parish council if you want to visit the church. Holy prayer some Saturdays. Open some time during the summer.
Gryta church
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.
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Open: Contact the parish council if you want to visit the church. Religion Some Sunday afternoons and meditation worship a few times a month. Open some time during the summer.
Giresta Church
A delicious pink church with fine tile details. Since the church has a very good acoustics, it is today known as a high-class concert church under Anders Wall's patronage. Since 1989, 6-10 concerts are held here every year.
Read more ...Långtora church
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!
Read more ...Biskopskulla Church
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 [...]
Read more ...Litslena church
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 […]
Read more ...Open: Wednesday – Sunday, July 6 – August 14, 10 am – 4 pm
Nysätra church
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 [...]
Read more ...Torstuna church
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.
Read more ...Frösthult Church
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. [...]
Read more ...Simtuna church
The Simtuna church is right next to the roaring road 70, but already when you walk over the cemetery with its resident cypresses, the calm and silence are found. The church began to be built in the 13th century, but many later periods have left their mark. Inside the church there are vault paintings from the 1460s by the so-called Erentunamaster. The church is newly renovated and re-opened […]
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Open: Vägkyrka 29/6 - 9/8 at 11-16, guided tour and simple coffee service, Daily devotion at 13; Mon, Wed and Fri with organ music.
Härnevi Church
Härnevi Church is located in an idyllic village environment with lush trees and tarred bell tower. The church itself is being renovated but the parish home is open every day during the summer. There you can enjoy good shopping, trade fair trade products and find bargains in the flea market. There are schoolchildren who take care of the cafe and bake.
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Open: Unfortunately no café or open church during the summer of 2020.
Altuna church
High on a hill stands Altuna church with a view of the entire parish. The church is from the middle of the 19th century.
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Österunda kyrka is a typical whitewashed upland medieval church with the fallow red bell tower at a height just next door. The church was built in the late 13th century and during the second half of the 15th century the church was filled with paintings by Albertus Pictor. Here one can, among other things, look at Sweden's oldest painted picture of a skier. (In Balingsta, not […]
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