July 2, 2023
Bjällerup is a small village along the road between Kyrkheddinge and Stora Råby southeast of Lund. The village consists of a few houses. There is a Romanesque church dating from the 12th century, said to be one of the best preserved in Scania. The church is open in the summer, so we take the opportunity to pay a visit. Parking is available north of the church. We have driven from Lund towards Dalby and turned off on the road south just after Råbytorp's farm shop.

In the armory is a sacrificial stick purchased in 1742. To the left in front before the choir is a Madonna image from the end of the 15th century. Strikingly large child. Next to it stands the medieval sandstone baptismal font. Above in the triumphal arch is a crucifix, also dated to the late 15th century. The cross is late, from the 1930s. The altarpiece is also from the late 1920s. The pulpit is from the 1890s. The organ was inaugurated in 1977. The church has windows that were previously in Lund's cathedral. They were designed by Helgo Zettervall in the 1880s. Bought for Bjällerup church in the 1930s. In the chancel is a grave stone for the owner of Bjällerup's manor in the 16th century, Gabriel Swale and his wife. The floor tiles around the altar are medieval. The carpet in the chancel is from 1966 and whose colors are supposed to show the agricultural nature of the parish.

The most eye-catching are the chalk paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries. They were covered with whitewash for a long time but were brought out during a restoration in 1959. A brochure tells about the church, furnishings and the paintings. In the congregation, Henric Schartau (1757-1825) worked as a cathedral communist. He founded the revival movement Schartaunism whose main emphasis was on the conversion of the individual. There is a statue of him outside the cathedral in Lund. Before we drive back between the fields, we sign in the guest book. A lot of people who visited the church this summer.

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GPS: WGS84 decimal (lat, lon) 55.660948, 13.260198