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Lyngby kyrka

Address
LYNGBY KYRKA 144, 247 99, Genarp
Municipality
Lunds Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Lund

Lyngby kyrka, in the village of Lyngby in Skåne, was built in 1882 to a neoclassical design by the Malmö architect August Lindvall. It replaced a condemned medieval church and now serves Genarp parish within the Diocese of Lund.



The medieval church that formerly stood on the site had fallen into disrepair and was demolished; its former location, a little northwest of the present building, is now marked by a cast-iron cross. The new church has a rectangular nave leading to a chancel with a three-sided apse behind it, and a tower with paired pointed-arch openings beneath a tall spire. It is built of granite, with the upper part of the tower in brick.

Several furnishings were rescued from the old church, including a late-medieval triumphal crucifix and an altarpiece dating from the late seventeenth century, both now displayed on the interior walls of the nave. The main altarpiece painting, made around the time the new church was built, is by Marie Davids of Weimar and is a copy of a seventeenth-century work by the Florentine painter Carlo Dolci; four surrounding panels depict Saints Simon, Andrew, Jude Thaddeus and Peter.

The font, made of wood in the 1980s, is portable and can be moved into the centre of the chancel for baptisms. The chancel carpet, dating from 1932, was a gift from the Lyngby church women's association. The church seats around 150 people.

A mortuary chapel was built beside the church in the 1950s, though funeral services are said to have ceased being held there since the 1970s. It contains a wall mosaic symbolising hope of eternal life, attributed to the artist Ove Wessbohn.

The organ, built in 1882 by Rasmus Nilsson of Malmö, is a mechanical instrument original to the church.

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  • Ramp

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Lyngby kyrka

Lyngby kyrka, in the village of Lyngby in Skåne, was built in 1882 to a neoclassical design by the Malmö architect August Lindvall. It replaced a condemned medieval church and now serves Genarp parish within the Diocese of Lund.

LYNGBY KYRKA 144, 247 99, Genarp

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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: 7 Sep 2026. This is not an independent verification date.

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