Mariakyrkan on Öckerö was built as early as around the year 1240. It was made of wood and rather unassuming. The wooden church was replaced around the year 1450 by the stone church we see today. The church's beautiful ceiling paintings from the late 1700s…
Mariakyrkan lies like a small pearl, a sheltered oasis between sports facilities and roads. It was built as the poorhouse church – today Mariakyrkan is a popular church for weddings, baptisms and funerals.