Jonstorp Church

The medieval Jonstorps Kyrka stands in Jonstorp, on the north side of the Kullen peninsula, about 9 kilometers northeast of the main town of Höganäs.Jonstorps Kyrka was built in the 12th and 13th centuries in the Romanesque style from fieldstone and dedicated to the Norwegian national saint, St. Olof. The church tower with its stepped gable was added later in the 15th century.The Renaissance-style altarpiece depicting the Last Supper dates from 1594. The wooden pulpit, decorated with sculptures of the apostles, dates from the reign of the Danish King Christian IV.In the nave hangs a votive ship, a model of the brig Hiram. It was donated to the church by the shipowner Nils Martin Thore after one of his ships was rescued from a severe storm.The large crucifix above the baptismal altar dates back to the 15th century and formerly hung in the vaulted ceiling between the nave and the choir. The baptismal font, carved from a single oak trunk, is very recent, dating from 1948, in stark contrast to the brass baptismal bowl, decorated with scenes of the Annunciation, dating from 1618.guidebook-sweden.com/de/reisefuehrer/reiseziel/jonstorps-kyrka-mittelalterliche-kirche-in-jonstorp