Bromma Church

Bromma kyrka is a so-called round church in the borough Bromma in Stockholm, Sweden. The oldest parts of the church were built in the later 12th century as a fortress church, and the church is among Stockholm's oldest buildings.

Today it has seven parts: roundhouse, nave, choir, sacristy, grave choir, weaponhouse and crypt.cite web|url=http://www.brommaforsamling.se/bromma.htm |title=Bromma kyrka |publisher=www.brommaforsamling.se|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-10-01]

History

Originally the church consisted of the round house and a choir on the east side. The nave and the sacristy were constructed in the mid 15th century, built in stone. In the 1480s Albertus Pictor or his pupils painted more than forty biblical church wall paintings, which were restored from overpaints by restaurations in 1905-1906. Motives of the paintings are taken from both the Old and the New Testament. On the southern wall of the round house is a crucifix dated from the 15th century.

At the end of the 17th century several changes to the church were done by the vicar, Johannes Vultejus, vicar 1679-1700. The church's current roof, spire, pulpit and a wooden altar are from this period. The pulpit, dated from 1686, is a pentagon containing fields with paintings of Christ and the four evangelists. In 1703 a grave choir was constructed for the family "Hjärne". The altarpiece is from 1818, surrounded by statues of Saint Peter and Paul, and the church also has some handsome epitaphs.

Relation to other churches

Other Swedish round churches are "Solna kyrka", "Munsö kyrka", "Voxtorps kyrka", "Hagby kyrka", "Valleberga kyrka", "Skörstorps kyrka" and "Vårdsbergs kyrka".

In 1901, Bromma kyrka was one of two churches designated control points for the first public orienteering competition ever held in Sweden. [cite web
url=http://www.orientering.se/t2.asp?p=3398
title=Milstolpar i utvecklingen
publisher=Svenska Orienteringsförbundet
language=Swedish
accessdate=2008-09-29]

Bromma kyrka was selected Stockholms län's most beautiful church in a 2006 survey among listeners to a local radio station.

See also

* Hedvig Eleonora Church
* Katarina Church
* Maria Magdalena Church
* Sofia Church
* Solna Church
* Spånga Church

References

*cite web|url=http://www.stockholmsstift.se/download/18.61632b5e117dec92f47800052702/Bromma.pdf |title=Bromma |publisher=www.stockholmsstift.se|language=Swedish|accessdate=2008-10-01