Mellösa Church is a

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...

building in Mellösa parish in

Flen Flen () is a locality and the seat of Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 6,229 inhabitants in 2010. Flen evolved as a railway junction and got the title of a city in 1949. Since 1971 it is the seat of the much larger Flen Munici ...

Södermanland County Södermanland County (, ) is a Counties of Sweden, county or ''län'' on the southeast coast of Sweden. In the local Sörmlandic dialects it is virtually universally shortened and pronounced as Sörmlands län, or simply Sörmland, which is the ...

, Sweden.

The church building

The church was built in the 13th century and the latest change exterior was made in 1874, when the tower was built. The

baptismal font A baptismal font is an Church architecture, ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of Infant baptism, infant and Believer's bapti ...

, which is from the 12th century, is the oldest object in the church. According to

Mellösa Mellösa (, locally ) is a locality situated in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. It had 535 inhabitants in 2010. In 2001, Mellösa became the first book town in Sweden. Landmarks * Mellösa Church Riksdag The Riksdag ( ...

in Sörmlandsleden, the

received its location where two oxen had dragged a log and finally lied down.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mellosa Church 13th-century churches in Sweden Churches in Södermanland County Churches in the Diocese of Strängnäs Flen Municipality