Motala Church is situated in central

Motala Motala () is a locality and the seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 29,823 inhabitants (41,956 in the entire municipality) in 2010. It is the third largest city of Östergötland, following Linköping and Norrköping. M ...

, in the province of

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. The oldest parts of the church were built in the 13th century. The present church was built 1772-1774. The tower was added in 1844. Engineer Daniel Fraser is buried outside the church.

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