Allerum is a
locality
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* Locality (linguistics)
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situated in
Helsingborg Municipality
Helsingborg Municipality (''Helsingborgs kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Helsingborg, which is Sweden's eighth largest city. The municipality had a population of
147,734 on January 1, 201 ...
,
Skåne County
Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronobe ...
,
Sweden
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with 716 inhabitants in 2010.
Allerum Church
Allerum Church ( sv, Allerums kyrka) is a church in Allerum, in the province of Skåne, Sweden. The tower and chancel of the church are medieval, while the rest of the church was heavily rebuilt during the 18th and 19th centuries. It contains an al ...
contains an
altarpiece
An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...
by artist
Johan Christoffer Boklund
Johan Christoffer Boklund (15 July 1817 – 9 December 1880) was a Swedish history, genre, and portrait painter from Kulla-Gunnarstorp in Scania. He was the son of a gardener. At the age of fifteen, Boklund came to Lund, where he worked on illustr ...
and fragments of
medieval mural paintings.
Notable people
Notable people that were born or lived in Allerum include:
*
Nils Persson (1836–1916), Swedish consul, businessman, and politician
References
Populated places in Helsingborg Municipality
Populated places in Skåne County
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