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Solberga kyrka

Address
Solberga
Municipality
Skurups Kommun
Denomination
Church of Sweden
Associated diocese
Diocese of Lund

Solberga kyrka is a parish church in the village of Solberga, Skåne, within Villie parish in the Diocese of Lund. It replaced an earlier medieval church on the same site, and its churchyard preserves links to notable local figures.



The present church was built in 1865, when the older building — a grey-stone structure dating from the early medieval period, possibly the 1100s or 1200s and following the Romanesque tradition typical of the time — was demolished. The old church was considered too small for the congregation, which had grown to include estate workers from nearby Torsjö manor. A carved figure of Christ from the earlier medieval building survives and is kept in the current church, offering a tangible link to the site's older history.

The churchyard contains the graves of several notable individuals connected to Solberga's past. Among them is a self-taught clockmaker and bell-founder, Ola Larsson, who founded the well-known Ohlsson bell foundry in Ystad. In his eighties, Larsson took part in recasting the great bell of Storkyrkan in Stockholm, along with numerous other church bells across Sweden, work for which he was awarded a gold medal by the Patriotic Society — a reproduction of which decorates his gravestone. Other burials include several prominent clergymen and a man associated with introducing foreign plants to the local area.

The church's mechanical organ dates from 1866 and was built by Johan Lambert Larsson of Ystad. It has been altered and restored several times since, most recently in 1972.

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Facilities & accessibility

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  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop

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Villie församling

Solberga kyrka

Solberga kyrka is a parish church in the village of Solberga, Skåne, within Villie parish in the Diocese of Lund. It replaced an earlier medieval church on the same site, and its churchyard preserves links to notable local figures.

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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: 18 Jul 2025. This is not an independent verification date.

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