Saint Lawrence Church

The Saint Lawrence Church is located at Falkenberg in Halland County, Sweden. The medieval era church is situated across from Laurentii Park in the centre of old town Falkenberg.

Photo: D.O.G.A., Public domain.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Type: Church
Denomination: Lutheran
Description: Church of Sweden church building in Falkenberg, Sweden
Also known as: “Falkenberg Old Church”, “Falkenbergs gamla kyrka”, and “Saint Lawrence Church, Falkenberg”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Falkenberg and Falkenberg Church.

Falkenberg

Archaeological site

Photo: Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Falkenberg was a fort located at Falkenberg in Halland County, Sweden. The fortification was placed on the south strand of the river Ätran, about 60 m from the southern abutment of Falkenberg Bridge. Falkenberg is situated 260 metres north of Saint Lawrence Church.

Falkenberg Church

Church

Falkenberg Church

Photo: Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Falkenberg Church is situated 310 metres northwest of Saint Lawrence Church.

Photo museum Olympia

Museum

Photo museum Olympia

Photo: Gunnar Larsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Photo museum Olympia is situated 460 metres northwest of Saint Lawrence Church.

Saint Lawrence Church

Categories: architectural ensemble, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Falkenberg socken, Falkenberg, Falkenberg Municipality, Halland, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

56.90102° or 56° 54′ 4″ north

Longitude

12.49426° or 12° 29′ 39″ east

Operator

Svenska kyrkan

Open location code

9F8JWF2V+CP

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=lutheran

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Saint Lawrence Church” goes by many names.

Danish: “Sankt Laurentii Kirke”
Dutch: “Kerk van Sint-Laurentius”
Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس لورانس”
French: “Église Saint-Laurent de Falkenberg”
French: “église Saint-Laurent”
German: “Kirche von Sankt Laurentius”
German: “St. Laurentius”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Laurentii kirke”
Norwegian: “Sankt Laurentii kirke”
Swedish: “Sankt Laurentii kyrka, Falkenberg”
Swedish: “Sankt Laurentii kyrka”

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