Graves from the first Christian times found in the churchyard indicate
that there was a church here in the 11th century. The oldest part of the
present church is the chancel, from the early 12th century, which was enlarged
with a blind-arcaded apse about 1200, and at the same time the nave was
built. The portal of the chancel was put in later: it has sculptures by
"Calcarius" (see Fole). As is evident from an arched moulding
on the south facade the nave originally was lower. The gallery tower was
erected in the mid-thirteenth century. The only survivals of medieval art
in the interior are a fragmentary ornament in the northern apse window in
the style of the Garde paintings and an angel from a Visitation group, now
crowning the baldachin of the pulpit. The vault of the tower chamber was
decorated in 1692.
Photo Hans Hemlin
Text Dr. Bengt G Söderberg
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