A runestone tells of Alrik, Hultrik and Ödin at Kårsta kyrka

Kårsta kyrka is a building located in the old church hamlet of Kårstaby in Vallentuna commune, near the town of Kårsta and northeast of Vallentuna. A first church on the site was possibly built in the 1200s, likely as a wooden church with a stone sacristy. The current building was erected at the end of the 1400s, preserving the sacristy of the previous structure. A weapon house was added to the south around 1500.

In the western wall of the church, about five meters high, a runestone is built into the wall. It tells of Alrik, Hultrik, and Ödin who traveled the stone in memory of Helge. Since the 1500s, the exterior of the building has remained largely unchanged, except for the enlargement of windows during the mid-1700s and first half of the 1800s. In the 1850s, galleries and an organ facade were built, and a restoration led by Evert Milles took place in 1954.

The interior contains various historical items. A pulpit of pine was manufactured in the 1600s. Above the altar hangs a cabinet from the end of the 1400s featuring carved and gilded wooden figures. A granite baptismal font was made in 1952, while a limestone base from the earlier wooden church remains in the building. The church also houses a gallery organ built in 1938 by John Vesterlund.

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