Stuga 40 followed an inspired impulse on our way to the Swedish west coast and took a detour to a historic church that she had never visited. Off in the open countryside, the Romanesque Husaby Kyrka was beautiful and serene. We felt like we were discovering it.
I am sharing a few photos, including one showing the tombstones of Queen Estrid and King Olof Skõtkonung, who was said to have been baptized at a nearby spring in 1008 by the English missionary Sigfrid. Olof was the first Christian monarch in Sweden.
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Detours are the best! I especially like the photo of the headstones–are they really from the 1100s?! They’ve held up well!
I believe they are the originals. More modern gravestones in that churchyard are propped up with wooden posts.
Love old buildings and headstones,and this one is wonderful! Nice art work on the walls.
The scenes speak a universal language. No need for translators.