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Ekers kyrka

Address
Församlingsvägen 4, 70348, ÖREBRO
Municipality
Örebro Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Strängnäs

Ekers kyrka is a small parish church a few kilometres north-west of Mellringe, outside Örebro. Dating from the 1100s, it is one of the smallest churches in the Närke region, with seating for only around 55 to 60 people.



The oldest parts of the church, built from limestone in the twelfth or early thirteenth century, are the west tower, the nave and the east wall of the chancel. These medieval elements still give the building its distinctive character, with the sturdy west tower dominating the modest, whitewashed exterior.

At some point either in the later medieval period or following a fire in the mid-1500s, the church was remodelled into a hall church, and it was around this time that the existing sacristy, attached to the north-east, was built. The rounded window openings visible today have all been enlarged since the medieval period, altering the amount of light entering the small interior.

During the 1680s, the interior was given a wooden barrel-vaulted ceiling, and the altarpiece and pulpit were changed at the same time, reflecting the tastes of that later period. Since then the church has seen only limited alteration, and a more thorough restoration in the mid-1950s focused on restoring the original colours of the fixed fittings, rather than making further structural change.

Visitors will find a compact and unusually intimate church interior, its whitewashed walls and modest scale offering a contrast to grander parish churches elsewhere in the diocese of Strängnäs.

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Ekers kyrka

Ekers kyrka is a small parish church a few kilometres north-west of Mellringe, outside Örebro. Dating from the 1100s, it is one of the smallest churches in the Närke region, with seating for only around 55 to 60 people.

Församlingsvägen 4, 70348, ÖREBRO

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Church information: Svenska kyrkan, Platser · CC BY 4.0. Each church page includes its credits and visiting notes.

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Sources & credits

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: 2 May 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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