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The Enånger Old Church (''Enångers gamla kyrka'' in
Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
) is a well-preserved medieval stone church built in the second half of the 15th century, located in
Enånger Enånger is a locality situated in Hudiksvall Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 629 inhabitants in 2018. ''Enånger Court District'', or ''Enångers tingslag'', was a district of Hälsingland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were ...
,
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. The interiors are decorated with frescoes painted by the
Tierp school Tierp () is a locality and the seat of Tierp Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 6,143 inhabitants in 2018. Communications Tierp is connected to Uppsala and Gävle by commuter train Upptåget and the new (2007) section of highway E4 pas ...
in 1485. The pulpit was constructed by two masters from
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, dating from 1737. The arched roof inside the church shows male and female saints and angels. The church has changed little since the 15th century. The walls and arches are decorated with murals that are some of Sweden's best preserved paintings from the middle ages. The town built a newer church to replace this structure in 1858. A shrine to
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inside the church carved by sculptor
Haaken Gulleson Haaken Gulleson was a Swedish painter and workshop leader in the early 16th century. His signature is found on six sculptures in southern Norrland. He has long been considered to be solely a sculptor, but recent research has seen him as a painte ...
has been dated to 1520.


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