Lagga Church
Lagga Church (Swedish: Lagga kyrka) is a medieval Lutheran church in Knivsta Municipality, Uppland, Sweden. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Uppsala.
The church we see today was built in the 14th century, and it may have followed an earlier building. In the 15th century it was enlarged and rebuilt. The original wooden ceiling was replaced by brick vaults, which were originally covered with frescoes. At the end of the 15th century new frescoes were painted, likely by a workshop of Albertus Pictor or a follower. The walls were also frescoed, but in 1747 they were whitewashed.
A church porch was added in the 15th century, and the church has remained largely unchanged since. The windows were enlarged in 1815, and the gable of the porch was decorated in 1870.
The church is rectangular, with a north sacristy and a south porch. Its interior is aisleless. It is built of fieldstone and whitewashed on the outside.
Among the furnishings, the sandstone baptismal font dates from the 12th century, making it older than the current church. The altarpiece is from the end of the 15th century and was made in Sweden, while the wooden triumphal cross dates from the first half of the 14th century. A large wooden tabernacle is medieval, as is one of the chandeliers in the sacristy. The choir chandelier was a gift from nobleman Gustaf Svinhufvud at the end of the 17th century, and his burial coat of arms hangs in the church. The pulpit, dated to 1718, was created by Carl Spaak.
southeast of the church on the cemetery grounds is a copy of a sculpture by Carl Milles.
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