All Saints Day in Sweden is always the first Saturday of November, therefore not related to the 1st of November, the religious date. By then, the days are very short, the temperature around 5°, the mushroom season finished, and the snow not arrived yet! However, on All Saints Day in Sweden, you can be sure that every church and chapel will be opened for the day. And only in the Stockholm area, you can find dozen of churches dating from the Middle-Ages, and decorated with fantastic frescoes. Therefore, we rushed to visit three of them...
Almunge Church
Almunge church was buit in the 13th century. The original paintings are from Albertus Pictor. They were restored in 1910/1911 and 1963.
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Tensta churchn was built at then end of the 13th century in the brick gothic style. The frescoes in the church are signed by the master Johannes Rosenrod in 1437.
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Danmark Church
The oldest part of Danmark church dates from the XIVth century. Some of the paintings on the vault are attributed to Johannes Rosenrod while most of the other are attributed to Albertus Pictor. However, most of the painting were heavily restored in the late XIXth century.
Saint Olaf was the King Olaf II of Norway. Olaf was a viking having raided the England coasts. In 1014, on his way back to Norway, he wintered in Normandy with the Duke Richard II. This is where he converted to christianity and was baptised in the Rouen. In memory of the "Normans" ruling Normandy at the time, there is one version of the flag of Normandy representing the Scandinavian cross (called Olaf's cross) along with the two leopards.
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Odensala church
The oldest parts of Odensala church are dating 12th century with several extensions having taken place in the Middle-Ages. Paintings overall are in very good conditions a nd Odensala is one of the most picturesc chuch around Stockholm. Pictures below are just a sample of the richness of the frescoes as we got there after sunset with strong artificial lights preventing taking pictures in many areas.
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