Finja is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivis ...

situated in

Hässleholm Municipality Hässleholm Municipality (''Hässleholms kommun'') is a municipality in Scania County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the city Hässleholm. The present municipality was created in 1974 when the former ''City of Hässleholm,'' itself ...

Scania County Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skåne C ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. Finja is located north of Lake Finjasjön, between

Hässleholm Hässleholm (older da, Hasselholm) is a locality and the seat of Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 18,500 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Hässleholm was gradually developed from 1860 in connection with the construction of the ...

and

Tyringe Tyringe is a locality situated in Hässleholm Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 4,658 inhabitants in 2010. History Administratively the place was made a municipal community (''municipalsamhälle'') within the rural municipalities of Fin ...

. The village had a population of 535 inhabitants in 2010. Finja kyrka-2

Finja Church

Finja Church is in the parish of

in the

Diocese of Lund The Diocese of Lund ( sv, Lunds stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden which corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge and Skåne. There are 217 parishes within the diocese, the most significant number in any of the dioceses of the Chur ...

. The church was constructed in the beginning of the 12th century in a romanesque style, but has since then gone through several alterations and repairs. The church tower was constructed later in the same century, and in 1664 it was equipped with stairs. Inside the church there are fresco paintings from the 1140s. The baptismal font in sandstone with palmette motifs. The altar dates from the 16th century, with canopy and columns with wood carvings.

References

Populated places in Hässleholm Municipality Populated places in Skåne County {{Skåne-geo-stub