Karsta / Kårsta
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view of church exterior - belfry - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Klockstapel vid Kårsta kyrka, foto från väster".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Einarspetz, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2009 by Einarspetz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karstabelfy.JPG] [accessed 10 December 2017]
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Einarspetz, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 July 2009 by Einarspetz [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karstakyrka.JPG] [accessed 10 December 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [3770-029.TIF] taken in 1948 by Nils Lagergren, in the Riksantikvarieämbetet (RAÄ) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kårsta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200123012.jpg] [accessed 10 December 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [3770-031.TIF] taken in 1948 by Nils Lagergren, in the Riksantikvarieämbetet (RAÄ) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kårsta_kyrka_-_KMB_-_16000200123016.jpg] [accessed 10 December 2017]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the modern font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Barbro Thörn, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph by Barbro Thörn, in Kyrkokartan.se [www.kyrkokartan.se/058725/images/58725_85606855] [accessed 10 December 2017]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 05810KAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Kårsta kyrka
Church Location: Kårstawagen, Kårsta, 186 60 Vallentuna, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Uppland, Uppsala län
Directions to Site: Located off the A956-A970 crossroads, between Rickeby (N) and NBroby (S), 22 km NE of Vallentuna, SE of Uppsala, NNE of Stockholm
Ecclesiastic Region: Stockholms stift
Historical Region: Långhundra härad, Stockholms län, Uppland
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1250-1300?
Century and Period: 13th century (late), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Similar to the one found at nearby Husby-Långhundra
Church Notes: present church is late 15thC, but the sacristy belonged to an earlier wooden church here
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland (1921- , Bd. III, hft. 2: 208 and fig. 241 on p. 212) as a limestone baptismal font the base of which is similar to the one found in nearby Husby-Långhundra, with a quatrefoil plan; this font and an early gravestone are the only remains from the 13th-century church. There is now [2009] a modern font of stoen located in the chancel, south side.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.652708, 18.241125
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 39′ 9.75″ N, 18° 14′ 28.05″ E
UTM: 34V 344536 6615966
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
REFERENCES
Brandel, Sven, Sveriges kyrkor: Uppland, Stockholm: Svenska Bokhandelscentralen, 1921-1984