Kumla Church, Västmanland

Kumla Church
View from the west
Map
59°50′44″N 16°38′15″E / 59.84556°N 16.63750°E / 59.84556; 16.63750
LocationNorrby
CountrySweden
History
Consecratedc. 1300
Specifications
Number of towers1

Kumla Church (Swedish: Kumla kyrka) is located in Kumla kyrkby in Sala Municipality in Västmanland, Sweden.

The southern entrance

History

The church was built of fieldstone around 1300 and included a longhouse and a small bell tower. At the end of the 15th century the wood roof was replaced by a brick star vault with church wall paintings signed by Albertus Pictor.[1] In the 18th century the windows were made larger and the current bell tower was built.

Features

The pulpit with six-sided basket was added in 1665. The baptismal font, made of Scottish sandstone by sculptor Erik Sand, was completed in 1951.

References

Specific
  1. ^ Saint George and the Dragon, Jan Svanberg (1998), p. 39 ISBN 9789151833927
General
  • Medieval Wooden Sculpture in Sweden: Late Medieval sculpture, Bengt Thordeman and Aron Andersson (1980), p. 274