Yttergran Church

[1] According to a local legend, the church was commissioned by two sisters on a nearby farm.

[2] The oldest parts of the church are the nave and choir, in Romanesque style and possibly dating from the second half of the 12th century.

The church originally also had an apse, but it was torn down following a devastating fire in the 1720s.

[2] The archbishop owned the nearby Biskops-Arnö Castle and it is probable that the entire decoration of the church by Albertus Pictor was commissioned by Jakob Ulvsson.

[1] The frescos were painted over with whitewash at a later stage but rediscovered and laid bare during a renovation in 1927.