Adelsö Church

Adelsö Church is a church located on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö, in Ekerö Municipality in central eastern Sweden. The Romanesque church, itself founded in the 12th century, is located next to Hovgården, an excavation site and a World Heritage Site dating back to before the Viking Age.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Lutheran
Description: Church of Sweden church building on the island of Adelsö, in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden
Also known as: “Adelsoe kyrka”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uppland Runic Inscription 1 and Uppland Runic Inscription 11.

Uppland Runic Inscription 1

Runestone

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Uppland Runic Inscription 1 is a runestone.

Uppland Runic Inscription 11

Runestone

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U 11 is the Rundata designation for a runestone that is located near the ruins of the old king's dwelling at Alsnö hus near Hovgården on the island of Adelsö in Sweden. Uppland Runic Inscription 11 is situated 140 metres east of Adelsö Church.

Birka

Archaeological site

Birka, on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of Continental Europe and the Orient. Birka is situated 3 km south of Adelsö Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hovgården and Lundkulla.

Hovgården

Hamlet

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Hovgården is an archaeological site on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö in Ekerö Municipality in central-eastern Sweden. During the Viking Age, the centre of the prospering Mälaren Valley was the settlement Birka, founded in the mid-8th century and abandoned in the late 10th century and located on the island Björkö just south of Adelsö.