Algutsrum Church

A runestone find may belong to a Viking Age wooden church on the site. An apse church in stone of the Öland type was built towards the end of the 1100s. The associated west tower may have been built at the same time. The nave was rebuilt in the 1300s and was equipped with a stately south portal and larger windows. Remains of the portal are preserved in the step towards the market place. The church was enlarged by extending the nave to the north, but this was not enough and in the 1800s the extension was demolished and rebuilt. The current church was built in stages from 1822 to 1865 when the nave was extended to the west and the tower was added. A stately altarpiece has been preserved from the late Middle Ages. Tradition says that it comes from St. Canute's chapel. The church also owns other medieval objects, including the baptismal font, primbell, communion chalice and triumphal crucifix. At the county museum, a large Madonna sculpture is preserved.