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Basic listingAlböke kyrka is a parish church on the island of Öland, notable chiefly for its early thirteenth-century font carved with figures in low relief. Since the mid-nineteenth century the building has stood unusually oriented, with its altar towards the north rather than the traditional east.
Alböke Kyrkgata 1, 387 96, Köpingsvik
View church details: Alböke kyrkaBasic listingBöda kyrka stands on the island of Öland, in Kalmar län, with masonry dating back to the Middle Ages. Visitors can see its stiglucka (lychgate-style covered gateway) and an eye-catching altar crucifix, remnants of a long and layered building history.
Landsvägen Böda 45, 387 73, Löttorp
View church details: Böda kyrkaBasic listingBorgholms kyrka, the parish church of Borgholm on the island of Öland, was built in 1879 in a distinctive invented 'medieval style' that borrows freely from both Romanesque and Gothic traditions, rather than following either precisely.
Östra Kyrkogatan 8, 387 31
View church details: Borgholms kyrkaBasic listingBredsättra kyrka stands on the Öland countryside near Kapelludden, a headland linked in local legend to the journey of Saint Birgitta's remains from Rome. The church houses memorial figures of the saint and a striking medieval cross.
Längs östra vägen, 387 95, Köpingsvik
View church details: Bredsättra kyrkaBasic listingLocation and available visiting information. A fuller English guide is still to be added.
Längs östra vägen, i Egby.
View church details: Egby kyrkaBasic listingFöra kyrka stands on Öland, near the crossroads where the island's east and west coast roads meet. Its sturdy tower and ancient altar slab hint at a long and layered history, from an early timber church to the classicist building visitors see today.
Föra 91, 387 91, Borgholm
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