As / Ås in Kalmar

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: The tower, dated to the earlier 12thC church is at the east end of the building; the 'lantern' atop the old tower is 19thC.

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ås_kyrka,Öland_Exteriör_004.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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view of church interior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ås_kyrka,Öland_Interiör_001.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern stone font of 1938 [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ås_kyrka,Öland_Interiör_008.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the modern stone font of 1938 [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernt Fransson, Lindås, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 August 2019 by Bernt Fransson, Lindås [https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Ås_kyrka,Öland_Interiör_004.jpg] [accessed 25 September 2020]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 22915ASS
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Church Location: Ås kyrkby, Ottenby 101, 380 65 Degerhamn, Sweden
Country Name: Sweden
Location: Öland, Kalmar län
Directions to Site: Located off (N) highway 136, in the municipality of Mörbylånga, on the S of the island
Ecclesiastic Region: Växjö stift
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: confusing church; the 12thC tower is on the east side of the building, but the interior arrangement is as if the tower were at the west end
No entry for a font at this Ås found in the SHM Medeltidens bildvärld. The font in this church is modern, made by M. Åkerberg, of Grönhögen, in 1938. [NB: we have no information on the font of the 12th-century church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 56.238333, 16.448889
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 56° 14′ 18″ N, 16° 26′ 56″ E
UTM: 33V 589803 6233550