Lemland

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view of church exterior in context - south view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 June 2009 by Ossi Mauno [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_Lemland.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the stone font, partially visible here at the far [east] end, left [north] side,is modern [mid-20thC] but of an old design

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anna Rydin, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2012 by Anna Rydin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lemland_Church_interior.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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view of church interior - statue - Madonna and Child

Scene Description: described in Åsa Ringbom [www.kyrkor.ax/kyrkor/lemlands-kyrka/] [accessed 12 September 2017]: "Tronande Madonna med barnet från ca 1320 är kyrkans äldsta bevarade träskulptur, och samtidigt en av de förnämsta skulpturerna på Åland. Madonnan, som burit en gyllene krona, har varit rikt bemålad. Detalj av madonnans ansikte."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anna Rydin, 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2012 by Anna Rydin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lemland_Church_madonna.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21497LEM
Church/Chapel: Lemlands S:ta Birgitta kyrka / Lemlandin kirkko
Church Patron Saints: St. Brigid of Ireland [aka Brigit, Bridget, Bride, Brydoch, Brydock, Ffraed, Ffraid, Fraed] [earlier possibly dedicated to St. Nicholas]
Church Location: Rörstorp Lemlandsvägen, Lemland 22610, Åland, Finland -- Tel.: +358 18 34042
Country Name: Finland
Location: Ahvenanmaa / Åland
Directions to Site: Located off highway 3, on Åland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Borgå / Borgå Stift / Porvoon hiippakunta
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Church Notes: remains of late-13thC church discovered 1950s; present stone church 14th-15thC; modified 17thC -- good overview of this church and its contents in Åsa Ringbom's Kyrkor.ax entry [http://www.kyrkor.ax/kyrkor/lemlands-kyrka/] [accessed 12 September 2017]
The present font in use in this church is modern, of 1958, but done in an early style. [NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 34V 449165 6659558