Söderby-Karl Church () is a medieval church belonging to the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden () is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.5 million members at year end 2023, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sweden, the largest List ...

in the Diocese of Uppsala. It lies in

Söderby-Karl Söderby-Karl is a locality situated in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 231 inhabitants in 2010. Söderby-Karl Church, dating from the Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period la ...

. The church was built at the early 14th century and has been altered fairly little since then. A

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has been added, probably already during the 14th century, but otherwise the church has retained its original size. The original wooden ceiling was replaced with

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vaults during the middle of the 15th century. The vaults were decorated with

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at the beginning of the 16th century. These were later painted over but rediscovered and partially restored during a renovation in 1910. The oldest item belonging to the church is the

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, dating from the 13th century. The

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, dating from 1759, was probably made by Johan Ljung.

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* {{Coord, 59, 53, 03, N, 18, 42, 02, E, type:landmark_region:SE, display=title Churches in Stockholm County Churches in the Archdiocese of Uppsala Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden Norrtälje Municipality