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Villie kyrka

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

Villie kyrka, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a parish church in the village of Villie in Skåne, part of the Church of Sweden within the Diocese of Lund. Its early history before the 1800s is only sparsely and sometimes inconsistently recorded.



The building's origins lie in a Romanesque nave, though much of what visitors see today reflects later alterations. A substantial restoration and rebuilding in 1740 added transept arms to the original structure, and a further renovation followed in 1891. Because early records are thin and occasionally contradictory, the precise sequence of medieval building phases cannot be stated with confidence.

Standing northeast of the church is a detached wooden bell tower (klockstapel), notable as the southernmost such structure in Sweden. Its large bell dates from 1735, predating the major 1740 rebuilding of the church itself.

Among the church's furnishings, the sandstone font is the oldest surviving item, dating to the 1100s and surviving from the original Romanesque building. A brass baptismal dish from the 1500s is used with it. The pulpit, believed to have been made in Helsingør in the 1500s, is decorated with panels depicting the four evangelists alongside their traditional symbols.

The church has had a succession of organs. An instrument with six stops was built in 1833 by Anders Larsson, replaced in 1917 by a ten-stop organ from A. Mårtensson's organ factory in Lund. The current mechanical organ was built in 1971 by Anders Persson Orgelbyggeri of Viken.

Opening hours

Opening hours have not been confirmed for the current date. This does not mean the church is closed.

Check access with the parish before travelling. Services and seasonal changes can affect visits.

Facilities & accessibility

  • Parking
  • Toilet
  • Hearing loop
  • Ramp

Listed by the provider; availability has not been independently checked. An unlisted facility is not necessarily unavailable.

A listed ramp does not confirm step-free access throughout the building.

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Villie kyrka

Villie kyrka, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a parish church in the village of Villie in Skåne, part of the Church of Sweden within the Diocese of Lund. Its early history before the 1800s is only sparsely and sometimes inconsistently recorded.

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

Source record: 8affac1b-f113-4728-965e-8db9dabda85e

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Church data retrieved 24 Sep 2026. Visiting details have not been independently verified.

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– är aktuell.
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– alltid är tillgänglig.

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