Lovö kyrka: A medieval church building with a 1600s grave vault

Located on Lovön in Stockholm's diocese, Lovö kyrka dates back to the 1100s. The present tower was built during the late Middle Ages. Around 1670, a grave vault for Riksråd Lorens von der Linde was added, possibly following drawings by Nicodemus Tessin the Elder. The interior features about thirty gravestones, many of which belonged to people who were once employed at Drottningholms slott. The church interior was renovated in 2004 under architect Per Borgström.

The current mechanical organ was built in 1959 by Grönlunds Orgelbyggeri AB, Gammelstad. Outside the church, five runestones stand in front of their original locations; they were previously built into the church's foundation walls or as cornerstones of the tower. These stones were carved over people who joined the first Christian era in the 1000s.

In the 1830s, the cemetery was expanded with a forest cemetery, Lovö skogskyrkogård, located about 800 meters east of Lovö kyrka near Lovö kyrkallé.

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