Sånga Church

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Sånga Church is a medieval Lutheran church on Färingsö island near Svartsjö Palace, in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. It first appears in written records in 1308, but it is older, dating from the 1170s. The church was expanded in the 14th and 15th centuries and changed from a Romanesque building to a Gothic one. Today it still looks mostly medieval on the outside and inside. The tall spire is from 1730, replacing an earlier spire. The windows were enlarged in steps, but the exterior has not changed much overall.

Inside, the church has a rich set of frescoes from around 1470, showing Christian scenes and humorous grotesques. The frescoes include depictions of the fifteen signs foretelling the Last Judgment. The pulpit is a very ornate Baroque piece with inlaid decoration. The baptismal font from the 12th century is richly decorated, and the triumphal cross is from about 1300. The altarpiece was painted by Jordan Painter. An epitaph carved in wood from 1584 is believed to contain the second oldest landscape painting in Swedish art, just after Vädersolstavlan.