Bjorksta No. 1 / Björksta
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25899BJO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Björksta kyrka
Font Location in Church: In the porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Olaf [aka Olaf II Haraldsson, Óláfr Haraldsson, Olav, Olav Haraldsson, Olave, Olof]
Church Notes: 13thC church much modified since; 14th and 15thC frescoes; church renovated 1950s
Church Address: Björksta kyrka 1, 725 96 Västerås, Sweden -- Tel.: +46 21 81 46 00
Site Location: Västmanland, Västmanlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the U696-U697 confluence, just N of Berga and Hwy E18, about 15 km ENE of Västerås
Ecclesiastic Region: Västerås stift
Font Notes:
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The lower base of a stone font located now in the porch of the Björksta parish church is reported and illustrated by Barbro Thörn in Kyrkokartan [https://www.kyrkokartan.se/058331/images/58331_12312413] [accessed 3 November 2025] The object has a broad round moulding decorated with a torsade pattern on the upper volume and a plain square paltform on the lower end; the upper volume has a large hole in its centre, whidh would have obviously connected with the drainage of the missing basin.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33V 603085 6613962
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 59.650972, 16.829056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 59° 39′ 3.5″ N, 16° 49′ 44.6″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Drainage System: centre hole in basin & base
Drainage Notes: [basin missing]