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Östra Strö kyrka

Address
Östra Strö kyrka 1
Municipality
Eslövs Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Lund

Östra Strö kyrka, in the village of Östra Strö in Skåne, traces its origins to the 12th century, though its present appearance dates largely from a major 19th-century rebuilding. It belongs to Eslöv parish within the Diocese of Lund and can hold around 200 visitors.



The earliest church here was a modest rectangular structure with a lower, narrower chancel ending in a semicircular apse, and probably a tower of the same width as the nave. Very little of this original building survives above ground: only the old chancel remains, now serving as the sacristy. Vaults were added in the 15th century, giving the interior a different character from the simple hall church first built.

The building was substantially altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1794 the old tower was demolished and replaced, and in 1865 the nave itself was rebuilt, with new transepts added to north and south, giving the church the cross-shaped outline seen today. A restoration in the early 2000s led to a rededication of the church in 2004.

Inside the old chancel, now the sacristy, medieval wall paintings dating from around 1500 survive, tentatively attributed to the painter Anders Johansson. The wooden pulpit, carved in 1592, is attributed to an unnamed craftsman known as the Malmö carver, a name given to a workshop associated with several Skåne churches of this period.

Other notable furnishings include an early medieval font with a brass basin from the first half of the 1500s, and an alabaster relief of Netherlandish workmanship, also from the 16th century, kept in the altar cabinet. The church organ, built in 1904 by Eskil Lundén of Gothenburg, is a mechanical instrument still associated with the building.

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Östra Strö kyrka

Östra Strö kyrka, in the village of Östra Strö in Skåne, traces its origins to the 12th century, though its present appearance dates largely from a major 19th-century rebuilding. It belongs to Eslöv parish within the Diocese of Lund and can hold around 200 visitors.

Östra Strö kyrka 1

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Provider record updated: 25 Aug 2025. This is not an independent verification date.

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