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Angarns kyrka

Address
ANGARNS-LUNDBY 9, 186 91, Vallentuna
Municipality
Vallentuna Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Stockholm

Angarns kyrka is a rendered grey-stone church in Angarn, Stockholms län, and one of the oldest hall churches in Uppland, probably built in the second half of the 13th century. It remains the parish church of Össeby församling within the Church of Sweden.



The church is a medieval hall church with a rectangular chancel to the east, a sacristy added on the north side and a porch attached to the south-west. The exterior walls are rendered, and although the roofs were once covered with wooden shingles, they are now clad in folded, black-painted sheet metal. Because neither the porch nor the sacristy bond structurally with the nave walls, both are thought to be later additions.

The interior was reshaped during an extensive renovation of 1795–1796, when the church received its present segmental vault of plastered wood and the porch was given a timber barrel vault. Window openings were also altered during this period, including enlargement of the chancel window in 1759 and changes to the south and north windows.

Southeast of the church, across the road on a small rise, stands a separate wooden bell tower. Built in 1661 as an open bell-stand structure, it was later clad with panelling, probably during a repair in 1771, giving it its current tent-roofed, spire-topped form. It houses two bells: a smaller one thought to date from the first half of the 14th century, and a larger bell acquired around the mid-1700s and recast at least once, in 1818.

Inside, look for the font, dated to the 13th century, standing in the chancel. On the south wall hangs a triumphal crucifix of Romanesque origin from the 12th century, later modified during the medieval period. The neoclassical pulpit was carved by the court sculptor Per Ljung as part of the 1795–1796 renovation. The organ, installed in 1849 though probably built around 1800, is a small instrument with five stops.

Outside the church, runic stones add further historical interest: one, U201, is built into the north-east corner of the sacristy wall, while three more stones, U202, U203 and U204, stand outside the churchyard wall.

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Össeby församling

Angarns kyrka

Angarns kyrka is a rendered grey-stone church in Angarn, Stockholms län, and one of the oldest hall churches in Uppland, probably built in the second half of the 13th century. It remains the parish church of Össeby församling within the Church of Sweden.

ANGARNS-LUNDBY 9, 186 91, Vallentuna

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Provider catalogue data: Svenska kyrkan, Platser, CC BY 4.0. Separately credited descriptions retain their stated source and licence terms. Catalogue and visiting data reformatted from the provider. The English guide combines and abridges separately credited sources below.

Provider record updated: 27 Sep 2023. This is not an independent verification date.

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Church data retrieved 24 Sep 2026. Visiting details have not been independently verified.

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