Söderby-Karl Church ( sv, Söderby-Karls kyrka) is a medieval church belonging to the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sw ...

in the

Diocese of Uppsala The Archdiocese of Uppsala ( sv, Uppsala ärkestift) is one of the thirteen dioceses of the Church of Sweden and the only one having the status of an archdiocese. Lutheran archdiocese Uppsala is the seat of the Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala. Th ...

. 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 last ...

. 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

frescoes Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

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

baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism. Aspersion and affusion fonts The fonts of many Christian denominations are for baptisms using a non-immersive method, such as aspersion (sprinkling) or affusion (pouring). ...

, dating from the 13th century. The

pulpit A pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin ''pulpitum'' (platform or staging). The traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, access ...

, 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 Uppsala County Churches in the Diocese of Uppsala Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden