Vaxholm Church

After about 100 years it was considered that the wooden church could not be repaired, and it was demolished. After this the town was without a church for many years. The foundation of the new church was laid in the 1760s, but the building work became protracted because the money for the construction was embezzled and drunk away. There was great discord between those who were to build, and after a general collection for the garrison in Vaxholm the building could be completed. The inauguration took place only in 1803. The collected funds were also not enough to build the planned tower, so a temporary wooden bell tower was erected. As a visitor you can still behold this. The church was named after the king and called Gustav Adolf's church. The place of worship is a white-plastered hall, oriented in an east-west direction with shallow side aisles. The church is covered by a mansard roof, hipped towards the gable ends. The sacristy was added in 1896, when the southern entrance was closed up and round-arched windows were inserted in the chancel gable. In 1962 the sheet-metal roof was replaced with one of copper. The well-preserved interior is covered by a coffered ceiling.