Östergötlands län
Ekebyborna church is located on a ridge in the open agricultural landscape. The church was built in the 12th century but has been rebuilt several times. The richly decorated ironwork door from the 12th century, which was in the gate, is now in the porch. Th…
Skällvik church was built in the first half of the 14th century. It was a rectangular hall church without a marked chancel, in gray stone with stepped brick gables. In 1590-93, on the initiative of John III, it was rebuilt into a central church in the Itali…
Linköping Cathedral is Sweden's best preserved medieval cathedral and there is much to discover here. The Gothic blind arcades with their strange stone figures, Golgotha - the glass sculpture from Orrefors, Mary spreading her cloak of flowers over us from o…
Hagabyhöga church is located on a ridge overlooking the plain towards Vadstena. Feel free to take a break here. Along the western church wall there is a long bench and in front of the church a picnic table. The church was built in the 1120s in Romanesque st…
Med sin höga, tunna spira och stora, blåtonade kropp syns Vadstena klosterkyrka vida omkring. Sommartid besöks kyrkan varje dag av 2500-3000 personer. Den har tillsammans med domkyrkorna i Lund och Västerås, Drottningholms slott samt Vasamuseet 3 stjärnor i…
Rogslösa kyrka, berömd för sin medeltida, rikt järnbeslagna dörr daterad till 1275, men också för sin arkitektur, som visar påverkan från cisterciensernas klosterkyrka i Alvastra.
På en höjd med en fantastisk utsikt över Vättern och kringliggande landskap ligger en av Sveriges allra äldsta kyrkor. 2016 firade Örberga kyrka 900 år med konst, musik, föredrag och gudstjänster.
Welcome to Lillkyrkan, built in 1957, near Borenshult locks on the Göta Canal/Motala. Here you will find both a parish hall and a church hall, with a very beautiful altarpiece painted by Lennart Segerstråle. Here you will find a pilgrim's hut with a stamp a…
On the banks of the Svartån River, you'll find the medieval church in Kaga. The church can accommodate 80–85 people and is a popular venue for weddings.
Lillkyrka Church is a stone church believed to have been built during the 12th and 13th centuries. However, a wooden church likely stood here as early as the 11th century. The stone church has been renovated and rebuilt over several periods; the nave and th…
Ljung is the parish’s largest church, built in the Gustavian style in the late 18th century at the initiative of Privy Councilor Axel von Fersen the Elder. The church is frequently used for baptisms and weddings, but is also well-suited for musical services…
The architect is Jerk Alton, who designed the interior of St. Martin’s Church to symbolize the four elements of existence. The rich, earthy colors; the oak leaves on the chandelier; the waterways on the marble floor; the capitals of the columns resembling p…
The fixed interior was given its current color scheme in 1925, at the same time that the decorative paintings in the apse, the choir, and around the triumphal arch were executed by the artist Yngve Lundström of Stockholm. The sacristy was built during the l…
Here you can find traces of the early missionary period, a gravestone with runic inscriptions, and a medieval wrought-iron door. Although the old medieval church has undergone extensive renovations over the centuries, parts of the Romanesque church remain.…
The church was built in 1811–1812 and replaced Stens Church, which was demolished in 1811, and Kälvesten Church, which was likely demolished around the same time, since Västra Stenby Church was built on the latter’s former site. Västra Stenby became the new…
