List of church murals in Sweden explained

This is a list of church murals in Sweden which are also referred to as ceiling paintings, wall paintings or sometimes church frescos. In Swedish, they are usually called kalkmålningar (lime paintings) takmålningar (ceiling paintings) or väggmålningar (wall paintings).

The list is far from complete. Please feel free to add to it, either with new entries or additional details in regard to the existing entries.

The list

NameLocationDates and commentsCoordinatesImageRefs
13th & 15th centuries57.4189°N 18.6353°W
c. 1347 by the Snårestad Master 55.4378°N 13.3156°W [1]
Uppland 59.8664°N 18.0683°W [2]
Gotland 15th century 57.2075°N 18.3614°W [3]
Gotland 13th & 15th centuries 57.4803°N 18.7064°W
Gotland 57.6447°N 18.6328°W [4]
Gotland 13th & 14th centuries 57.5644°N 18.4631°W
Scania13th & 14th centuries 55.4622°N 13.75°W [5]
Gotland 57.6869°N 18.7628°W
Tomelilla Municipality, Scania1476 on Barbara Brahe's return from Italy 55.4925°N 14.0475°W [6]
Gotland Medieval 57.67°N 18.4747°W [7]
c. 1480 59.3544°N 17.9206°W
Höganäs, Scania c. 1480 with Barbaras Brahe's support 56.2592°N 12.5736°W [8]
Gotland Late 14th – early 15th century (anonymous Bohemian or Prussian master) 57.8536°N 19.0233°W [9]
Gotland 15th century, by the Master of the Passion of Christ or his workshop 57.4025°N 18.53°W
Uppland Late medieval, by Albertus Pictor and Johannes Rosenrod 57.8328°N 17.745°W
Gotland 14th century and 1899-1914 57.5522°N 18.5339°W
Gotland 13th & 15th centuries 57.1678°N 18.3792°W
Gotland 13th, 14th (Master of the Passion of Christ), 17th & 19th centuries 57.595°N 18.5117°W
Uppland 15th & 16th centuries, some by the Tierp group 60.035°N 16.7997°W [10]
Gotland 14th & 15th centuries 57.3372°N 18.4958°W
Blentarp, Scaniac. 1500 by the Everlövs Master 55.6086°N 13.59°W [11]
Scania 15th century 56.0739°N 14.0831°W [12]
Scania Late 15th century 56.2769°N 13.7967°W
Scania Mid-12th century 56.1585°N 13.6836°W
Scania 1475-1500 56.0375°N 14.2778°W
Scania 13th, 14th and 15th centuries 55.7272°N 13.1047°W
Gotland Early 14th century 57.3356°N 18.1897°W
Scania Late 15th century 55.8772°N 13.6186°W
Gotland 15th century 57.5144°N 18.5983°W
Gotland c. 1200 by an anonymous, probably Russian artist 57.3169°N 18.5819°W
Blentarp, Scania 15th century by Master Amund 58.1736°N 13.4075°W [13]
Gotland c. 1300 by an anonymous, probably German artist 57.5753°N 18.735°W
Scania Second half of the 13th century 55.4431°N 13.3556°W
Gotland 14th century 57.1336°N 18.3464°W
Scania Late 12th century and 1470s. 56.0481°N 14.4081°W
Gotland 15th & 16th century 57.5108°N 18.4972°W
59.6928°N 17.1878°W [14]
60.0411°N 18.68°W [15]
Gotland 13th & 15th centuries 57.6303°N 18.4428°W
Gotland 14th & 15th centuries 57.2328°N 18.3728°W
Scania 1460s 55.6775°N 13.4206°W [16]
Uppland 15th century 59.9425°N 17.4233°W [17]
Scania Romanesque and 1460–61 56.1914°N 14.085°W
Scania 1460s 55.9383°N 14.1581°W
Gotland Early 13th century 57.445°N 18.7111°W
Uppland 59.7967°N 17.84°W [18]
Scania 15th century 55.7878°N 13.8381°W
Gotland Medieval 57.7869°N 18.7936°W
Gotland 15th century 57.2794°N 18.3797°W
Scania 1498 by Anders Johansson 55.9375°N 13.8233°W
Uppland 15th century 59.6633°N 17.2672°W [19]
Gotland 1520 57.2828°N 18.62°W
Gotland Mid-13th century to c. 1520 57.3128°N 18.3842°W
Gotland 13th, 15th centuries and 17th centuries 57.7697°N 18.4553°W
Gotland 14th and 15th centuries 57.2978°N 18.5261°W
Scania 12th and 14th century 55.9353°N 14.0711°W
Båstad, Scania 15th & 16th centuries, various painters 56.4333°N 12.8356°W [20]
Uppland 15th century 59.6053°N 18.05°W
15th century by a pupil of Albertus Pictor 65.6456°N 22.0281°W [21]
Ystad, Scania 13th century 56.4292°N 13.8186°W [22]
Gotland 13th and 15th centuries 57.0353°N 18.3°W
Borrby, Scania 13th, 15th and 16th centuries, including Åle workshop 59.4719°N 14.2314°W [23]
mid-15th century 59.4189°N 17.1311°W [24]
Malmö, Scania Early 16th century 55.6069°N 13.0036°W [25]
Uppland c. 1500 59.9928°N 17.8603°W [26]
Uppland 15th century 59.6967°N 18.3889°W [27]
Uppland 15th century, largely decorative 59.8297°N 18.7369°W [28]
Uppland c. 1470 59.3581°N 17.7075°W
1323 & 1494, destroyed by fire 2001 59.0039°N 14.2042°W [29]
Uppland 15th century 59.5811°N 17.9489°W
Gotland 13th and 14th centuries 57.4856°N 18.5206°W
Gotland Medieval 56.9358°N 18.1814°W
Uppland 1470s by Albertus Pictor 59.4908°N 18.0567°W
Uppland 1473 (by Johannes Rosenrod), 1480s, 16th century. Includes the first deliberate portrait in Swedish art. 60.0406°N 17.6717°W
Södermanland 15th century attributed to by Albertus Pictor 59.4219°N 16.4683°W
Scania 12th century, possibly the oldest in Sweden 55.9917°N 14.0869°W [30]
Uppland 59.8758°N 17.6864°W
Gotland Second half of the 13th century 56.9694°N 18.2303°W
Uppland 14th & 15th century (Albertus Pictor) 56.6014°N 17.5047°W

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Almunge kyrka. National Heritage Board of Sweden. sv. 2 February 2014.
  3. Book: Lagerlöf. Erland. Gotlands kyrkor. sv. 1973. Rabén & Sjögren. Uddevalla. 9129410355.
  4. Web site: Bäl kyrka. . Church of Sweden. 18 June 2014.
  5. Book: Wahlöö, Claes. 2014. Skånes kyrkor 1050-1949. sv. Kävlinge. Domus Propria. 978-91-637-5874-4.
  6. http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Bollerup_kirke/Bollerup_kirke.htm "Bollerup kirke"
  7. Book: Jonsson. Marita. Lindquist. Sven-Olof. sv. Vägen till kulturen på Gotland. 1987. Gotlands fornsal. Visby. 91-971048-1-7.
  8. http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Brunnby_kirke/Brunnby_kirke.htm "Brunnby kirke"
  9. Book: Andrén, Anders. sv. Det Medeltida Gotland. En arkeologisk guidebok. 2011. Historiska Media. Lund. 978-91-85873-83-8.
  10. Web site: Enåkers kyrka . sv . upplandia.se . 10 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140111103832/http://www.upplandia.se/Enaker_Kyrka.htm . 11 January 2014 .
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  12. Book: Bonnier. Ann Catherine. Hägg . Göran . Sjöström . Ingrid. sv. 2008. Svenska kyrkor. En historisk reseguide. Medströms bokförlag. 35–37. 978-91-7329-015-9.
  13. http://wadbring.com/historia/undersidor/gokhem.htm "Gökhems kyrka"
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  15. Book: Sörenson. Ulf. sv. Nya vägvisaren till kulturen i Stockholms län. 1999. Prisma. Stockholm. 91-518-3547-9.
  16. Book: Jacobsson. Britta. Johansson. Eva. Johansson. Per. Andersson. Rolf. 1990. Våra kyrkor. Västervik. Klarkullens förlag AB. 91-971561-08.
  17. http://www.upplandia.se/Jumkil_Sockenkronika.htm#K "Jumkils sockenkrönika"
  18. Web site: Lagga kyrka. sv. . Knivsta Municipality. 26 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082156/http://www.knivsta.se/Uppleva-och-gora/Sevart-i-Knivsta-kommun/Kyrkor/Lagga-kyrka.aspx. 5 March 2016. dead.
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  20. Book: Våra kyrkor. 29 August 2013. 1990. Klarkullens Förlag AB. 441. sv.
  21. Web site: Luleå kn, NEDERLULEÅ KYRKOVALL 4:1 NEDERLULEÅ KYRKA (GAMMELSTADS KYRKA). . Swedish National Heritage Board. 22 July 2014.
  22. Web site: S:ta Maria kyrkans historia. sv. . Church of Sweden. 19 September 2013.
  23. http://www.nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Oesthoby_kirke/Oesthoby_kirke.htm "Östra Hoby kirke"
  24. Book: Bengt Ingmar Kilström. Kalkmålningarna i Överselö kyrka. 28 August 2013. 2000. Överselö kyrkoråd.
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  29. 10.1080/00233600260491581 . 71 . Södra Råda Church in Sweden: A Lost National Treasure . 2002 . Konsthistorisk Tidskrift . 153–171 . Nilsén . Anna.
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