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Altorps kapell

Address
Ymervägen 55, 182 67, Djursholm
Municipality
Danderyds Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Stockholm

Altorps kapell is a chapel in Danderyd parish, on Djursholm cemetery in the Stockholm area. Used mainly for funerals, both religious and civil, it also hosts a well-attended service at All Saints' tide each year.

The chapel was built between 1936 and 1938 to designs by the architect Lars Israel Wahlman and was inaugurated in 1938. It is also known as Djursholms gravkapell.

Inside, the chapel features fresco paintings by Bo Beskow, and outside the main entrance a limestone slab carries a relief by Gunnar Torhamn.

The adjoining cemetery is the resting place of a number of notable Swedish figures, among them the nuclear physicist Hannes Alfvén, the author Harriet Löwenhielm, the children's song composer Alice Tegnér, and the artist couple Elsa and Natanael Beskow.

One editorial source notes a family connection to Swedish church architecture: Wahlman's son is said to have designed the Petrus church in Stocksund, though this detail comes from a single account and has not been independently confirmed.

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Danderyds församling

Danderyds församling

Altorps kapell

Altorps kapell is a chapel in Danderyd parish, on Djursholm cemetery in the Stockholm area. Used mainly for funerals, both religious and civil, it also hosts a well-attended service at All Saints' tide each year.

Ymervägen 55, 182 67, Djursholm

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Provider record updated: 7 Nov 2024. This is not an independent verification date.

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