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Ekeby kyrka

Address
Ekeby Prästgård Kyrkan 101, 692 91, Kumla
Municipality
Kumla Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Strängnäs

Ekeby kyrka, set among the farmland and lime trees of the Närke plain in Kumla municipality, is best known locally as a favourite venue for weddings, while remaining an active parish church for everyday worship and children's services.



The present yellow-plastered church, with its tall western tower, was built between 1769 and 1774 in the restrained Gustavian style, replacing an earlier stone church that had stood on the site since the 1100s or 1200s. Sections of the medieval walls were retained and incorporated into the south and east walls of the nave, so older masonry survives within the current structure. The church consists of a rectangular nave with a straight-ended chancel to the east, a three-sided sacristy behind it with its own lower roof, and a narrower tower to the west. The nave is covered by a hipped mansard roof, while the sacristy has its own hipped gable roof.

A nearby ridge north of the church contains an Iron Age burial field, and the site once stood at the meeting point of two important old roads, from Kumla and from Örebro, since largely superseded by modern highways though still traceable as quieter local routes.

Among the church's furnishings, the oldest is a Romanesque font, dated to the 1100s on the basis of a tap-hole in its bowl, which originally belonged to the earlier medieval church. The altarpiece, depicting Christ blessing the children, was painted by Pehr Hörberg in 1793, and the current pulpit was donated to the church in 1831. An altar cabinet from around 1500 is also associated with the church, though it is now kept at the Örebro County Museum rather than on site. The church's great bell dates from 1526.

The organ has a layered history: an instrument built in 1846 by Pehr Zacharias Strand was completed after his death by others, and its facade survives in the current organ, built in 1916 by E. A. Setterquist & Son of Örebro and later renovated. A separate mechanical choir organ was added in 1969.

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Facilities & accessibility

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  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop

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Ekeby kyrka

Ekeby kyrka, set among the farmland and lime trees of the Närke plain in Kumla municipality, is best known locally as a favourite venue for weddings, while remaining an active parish church for everyday worship and children's services.

Ekeby Prästgård Kyrkan 101, 692 91, Kumla

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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: 8 Jun 2022. 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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