Kyrkan i Nya Lödöse : dess byggnadshistoria med några paralleller

Abstract

The town of Nya Lödöse (1473–1624) was located a couple of kilometres north ofthe centre of Gothenburg. During the period 2013–2018, extensive archaeological investigations of the old town area were carried out, including the remains of the church and cemetery. The archaeological results show that the church was planned to a length of roughly 50 metres but the plans were soon changed and the finished church was about 33 metres long. A tower was added in the 1580s when the church was repaired due to heavy subsidence in the ground. The unstable foundation, with loose sand, was probably the reason behind the change in the original plan. Compared to contemporary town churches, the Nya Lödöse church, had it been built to its original plan, would have been larger than most in Western Sweden. However, at 33 metres, it was more of a medium-sized church, albeit with a larger interior area