Lovö church
Lovö church is a church in Lovö socken, Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County. Lovö church is situated nearby to the village Drottningholm, as well as near the suburb Blackeberg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
- Also known as: “Lovoe kyrka”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Chinese Pavilion and Drottningholm Palace Theatre.
The Chinese Pavilion
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Chinese Pavilion, located in the grounds of the Drottningholm Palace park, is a Chinese-inspired royal pavilion originally built between 1753 and 1769. The pavilion is currently one of Sweden's Royal Palaces and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Chinese Pavilion is situated 2 km east of Lovö church.
Drottningholm Palace Theatre
Theater building
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Drottningholm Palace Theatre is an opera house located at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the few 18th century theatres in Europe that is still used as a theatre with its original stage machinery. Drottningholm Palace Theatre is situated 2½ km east of Lovö church.
The Guard Tent
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Guard Tent is situated 2 km east of Lovö church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drottningholm and Blackeberg.
Drottningholm
Village
Photo: Mastad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drottningholm, literally "Queen's Islet", is a locality situated in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, with 398 inhabitants in 2010. It is on the island Lovön in lake Mälaren on the outskirts of Stockholm. Drottningholm Palace, the residence of the Swedish royal family since 1981, is here. Drottningholm is situated 2½ km east of Lovö church.
Blackeberg
Suburb
Photo: Bysmon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blackeberg is a suburb of Stockholm built in the 1950s, and is part of the Bromma borough. Blackeberg was originally a croft first mentioned in 1599. The croft was demolished in 1861 by Knut Ljunglöf, who built a house, a stable, a mill and a saw instead. Blackeberg is situated 3½ km northeast of Lovö church.
Ekerö
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ekerö is a freshwater archipelago in lake Mälaren, which forms a municipality in Stockholm County. Ekerö is also the only Swedish municipality with two UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Viking age settlement Birka, and Drottningholm Palace, which is the residence of the Royal family.
Lovö church
- Categories: architectural ensemble, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Lovö socken, Lovö, Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.32131° or 59° 19′ 17″ northLongitude
17.83988° or 17° 50′ 24″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Operator
Svenska kyrkaOpen location code
9FFV8RCQ+GXOpenStreetMap ID
way 23523526OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap feature
historic=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Lovö church” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սիրո եկեղեցի”
- Czech: “Lovö kyrka”
- Danish: “Lovö Kirke”
- Esperanto: “preĝejo de Lovö”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lovö kyrka”
- Norwegian: “Lovö”
- Norwegian: “Lovø”
- Slovenian: “cerkev v Lovöju”
- Swedish: “Lovö kyrka”
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