Kalkmålning i Vaksala kyrka, Uppsala 2006

Dellbeck, Johan

The picture has been taken in connection with the historical documentation of the church at Vaksala, Uppsala in 2006. The interior is highly characterised by the remodeling during the late 1700s when the present fixed interior was added. The 1929 restoration has also left its mark on the church room. At that time, the late medieval lime paintings were made and the southern chapel was converted into baptismal chapels. It is called the Andreaskapellet. The gunhouse is provided with a wind catch. The floor is covered with limestone. A book table and a bench from the 1990s can be found here. The brick steps up to the tower are provided with a forged gate. There are two runstone fragments in the armistice. The gunhouse is covered by a trimmed rib vault with medieval paintings in the form of plant ornaments. An undercarriage painted double door with mirrors sits in the opening to the longhouse. The floor of the longhouse, the choir and the south chapel are covered with limestone slabs. Most of the longhouse is met by closed bench blocks painted in marbling technique in brown, green and blue shades. The benches date from the 1790s, but got their present colour at the 1929 restoration which was led by architect Erik Fant. It was then that the medieval paintings were produced and preserved. Best preserved are the paintings in the middle arches of the longhouse. The western wall of the northern chapel also has a well-preserved painting of the depicted virgins and grooms from the early 15th century. The other paintings date from the 14th century but over the now clogged cross window there are remains of 1300s paintings.