Sorunda is a

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situated in

Nynäshamn Municipality Nynäshamn Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Nynäshamn. In 1974 the former ''City of Nynäshamn'' (itself instituted in 1946) was merged with ''Ösmo'', from which i ...

, Stockholm County,

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

with 1,307 inhabitants in 2010. It is the hometown of Ulla Akselson, Moa Martinsson, and Harry Martinsson.

Sorunda church

Sorunda church is an unusually large, medieval church. Its history goes back to the 12th century with major additions made in the 15th and 16th centuries. The church contains burial chapels for local aristocratic families and several interior details dating from the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

, notably an unusually fine wooden sculpture by

Hermen Rode Hermen Rode (fl. c. 1468 – c. 1504) was a German Gothic painter. Life and works Very little is known about Rode. He lived and worked in Lübeck, and from 1468 owned a house on Johannisstrasse street in the city, implying a certain degree of ...

Gallery

File:SorundaChurch triptych.jpg, Interior view of Sorunda church File:SorundaChurch 2triptych.jpg, Altarpiece by

File:SorundaChurch side1.jpg, Exterior view, detail

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Populated places in Nynäshamn Municipality {{Stockholm-geo-stub