List of church murals in Sweden

This is a list of church murals in Sweden which are also referred to as ceiling paintings, wall paintings or sometimes church frescos. In Swedish, they are usually called kalkmålningar (lime paintings) takmålningar (ceiling paintings) or väggmålningar (wall paintings).

The list is far from complete. Please feel free to add to it, either with new entries or additional details in regard to the existing entries.

The list
Name Location Dates and comments Coordinates Image Refs
Ala ChurchGotland13th & 15th centuries 57°25′08″N 18°38′07″E
Anderslöv ChurchScaniac. 1347 by the Snårestad Master 55°26′16″N 13°18′56″E[1]
Almunge ChurchUppland15th century by Albertus Pictor 59°51′59″N 18°04′06″E[2]
Alva ChurchGotland15th century 57°12′27″N 18°21′41″E[3]
Anga ChurchGotland13th & 15th centuries 57°28′49″N 18°42′23″E[3]
Bäl ChurchGotland 57°38′41″N 18°37′58″E[4]
Barlingbo ChurchGotland13th & 14th centuries 57°33′52″N 18°27′47″E[3]
Bjäresjö ChurchScania13th & 14th centuries 55°27′44″N 13°45′00″E[5]
Boge ChurchGotland13th & 15th centuries, the later in the style of the Master of the Passion of Christ 57°41′13″N 18°45′46″E[3]
Bollerup ChurchTomelilla Municipality, Scania1476 on Barbara Brahe's return from Italy 55°29′33″N 14°02′51″E[6]
Bro ChurchGotlandMedieval 57°40′12″N 18°28′29″E[7]
Bromma ChurchStockholmc. 1480 59°21′16″N 17°55′14″E
Brunnby ChurchHöganäs, Scaniac. 1480 with Barbaras Brahe's support 56°15′33″N 12°34′25″E[8]
Bunge ChurchGotlandLate 14th – early 15th century (anonymous Bohemian or Prussian master) 57°51′13″N 19°01′24″E[9]
Buttle ChurchGotland15th century, by the Master of the Passion of Christ or his workshop 57°24′09″N 18°31′48″E[3]
Danmark ChurchUpplandLate medieval, by Albertus Pictor and Johannes Rosenrod 57°49′58″N 17°44′42″E
Dalhem ChurchGotland14th century and 1899-1914 57°33′08″N 18°32′02″E[3]
Eke ChurchGotland13th & 15th centuries 57°10′04″N 18°22′45″E[3]
Ekeby ChurchGotland13th, 14th (Master of the Passion of Christ), 17th & 19th centuries 57°35′42″N 18°30′42″E[3]
Enåker ChurchUppland15th & 16th centuries, some by the Tierp group 60°02′06″N 16°47′59″E[10]
Etelhem ChurchGotland14th & 15th centuries 57°20′14″N 18°29′45″E[3]
Everlöv ChurchBlentarp, Scaniac. 1500 by the Everlövs Master 55°36′31″N 13°35′24″E[11]
Färlöv ChurchScania15th century 56°04′26″N 14°04′59″E[12]
Farstorp ChurchScaniaLate 15th century 56°16′37″N 13°47′48″E[5]
Fjälkinge ChurchScania1475-1500 56°02′15″N 14°16′40″E[5]
Fjelie ChurchScania13th, 14th and 15th centuries 55°43′38″N 13°06′17″E[5]
Fröjel ChurchGotlandEarly 14th century 57°20′08″N 18°11′23″E[7]
Fulltofta ChurchScaniaLate 15th century 55°52′38″N 13°37′07″E[5]
Ganthem ChurchGotland15th century 57°30′52″N 18°35′54″E[3]
Garde ChurchGotlandc. 1200 by an anonymous, probably Russian artist 57°19′01″N 18°34′55″E[3]
Gökhem ChurchBlentarp, Scania15th century by Master Amund58°10′25″N 13°24′27″E[13]
Gothem ChurchGotlandc. 1300 by an anonymous, probably German artist 57°34′31″N 18°44′06″E[3]
Grönby ChurchScaniaSecond half of the 13th century 55°26′35″N 13°21′20″E[5]
Grötlingbo ChurchGotland14th century 57°08′01″N 18°20′47″E[3]
Gualöv ChurchScaniaLate 12th century and 1470s. 56°02′53″N 14°24′29″E[5]
Halla ChurchGotland15th & 16th century 57°30′39″N 18°29′50″E[3]
Härkeberga ChurchUppland1480s by Albertus Pictor 59°41′34″N 17°11′16″E[14]
Häverö ChurchUppland15th century in the style of Albertus Pictor 60°02′28″N 18°40′48″E[15]
Hejdeby ChurchGotland13th & 15th centuries 57°37′49″N 18°26′34″E[3]
Hemse ChurchGotland14th & 15th centuries 57°13′58″N 18°22′22″E[3]
Hällestad ChurchScania1460s 55°40′39″N 13°25′14″E[16]
Jumkil ChurchUppland15th century 59°56′33″N 17°25′24″E[17]
Knislinge ChurchScaniaRomanesque and 1460–61 56°11′29″N 14°05′06″E[5]
Köpinge ChurchScania1460s 55°56′18″N 14°09′29″E[5]
Kräklingbo ChurchGotlandEarly 13th century 57°26′42″N 18°42′40″E[3]
Lagga ChurchUppland15th century in the style of Albertus Pictor 59°47′48″N 17°50′24″E[18]
Lärbro ChurchGotlandMedieval 57°47′13″N 18°47′37″E[3]
Linde ChurchGotland15th century 57°16′46″N 18°22′47″E[3]
Linderöd ChurchScania1498 by Anders Johansson 55°56′15″N 13°49′24″E[5]
Listlena ChurchUppland15th century 59°39′48″N 17°16′02″E[19]
Lau ChurchGotland1520 57°16′58″N 18°37′12″E[3]
Lojsta ChurchGotlandMid-13th century to c. 1520 57°18′46″N 18°23′03″E[3]
Lummelunda ChurchGotland13th, 15th centuries and 17th centuries 57°46′11″N 18°27′19″E[3]
Lye ChurchGotland14th and 15th centuries 57°17′52″N 18°31′34″E[3]
Lyngsjö ChurchScania12th and 14th century 55°56′07″N 14°04′16″E[5]
MariakyrkanBåstad, Scania15th & 16th centuries, various painters56°26′00″N 12°50′08″E[20]
Markim ChurchUppland15th century 59°36′19″N 18°03′00″E[14]
Nederluleå ChurchGammelstaden, Norrbotten15th century by a pupil of Albertus Pictor 65°38′44″N 22°01′41″E[21]
St. Mary's Church, YstadYstad, Scania13th century 56°25′45″N 13°49′07″E[22]
Öja ChurchGotland13th and 15th centuries 57°02′07″N 18°18′00″E[3]
Östra Hoby ChurchBorrby, Scania13th, 15th and 16th centuries, including Åle workshop59°28′19″N 14°13′53″E[23]
Överselö ChurchSträngnäs, Södermanlandmid-15th century 59°25′08″N 17°07′52″E[24]
St. Peter's Church, MalmöMalmö, ScaniaEarly 16th century 55°36′25″N 13°00′13″E[25]
Rasbokil ChurchUpplandc. 1500 59°59′34″N 17°51′37″E[26]
Rö ChurchUppland15th century 59°41′48″N 18°23′20″E[27]
Roslags-Bro ChurchUppland15th century, largely decorative 59°49′47″N 18°44′13″E[28]
Sånga ChurchUpplandc. 1470 59°21′29″N 17°42′27″E[15]
Södra Råda Old ChurchGullspång, Västra Götaland1323 & 1494, destroyed by fire 2001 59°00′14″N 14°12′15″E[29]
Skånela ChurchUppland15th century 59°34′52″N 17°56′56″E[15]
Stenkyrka ChurchGotland13th and 14th centuries 57°29′08″N 18°31′14″E[3]
Sundre ChurchGotlandMedieval 56°56′09″N 18°10′53″E[3]
Täby ChurchUppland1470s by Albertus Pictor59°29′27″N 18°03′24″E
Tensta ChurchUppland1473 (by Johannes Rosenrod), 1480s, 16th century. Includes the first deliberate portrait in Swedish art. 60°02′26″N 17°40′18″E[14]
Torshälla ChurchSödermanland15th century attributed to by Albertus Pictor59°25′19″N 16°28′06″E
Vä ChurchScania12th century, possibly the oldest in Sweden55°59′30″N 14°05′13″E[30]
Vaksala ChurchUppland14th to 16th centuries, some probably by Albertus Pictor 59°52′33″N 17°41′11″E[14]
Vamlingbo ChurchGotlandSecond half of the 13th century 56°58′10″N 18°13′49″E[3]
Yttergran ChurchUppland14th & 15th century (Albertus Pictor) 56°36′05″N 17°30′17″E[14]

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