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Karjaa Church, or St Catherine's Church, is a medieval stone church probably built around 1465-1470. The church tower, with its medieval stone base, is a more recent construction, dating from 1768. The church has a stained glass window painted by the artist Gunnar Forsström.

On the site of Karlstad Cathedral there was already a church in the 13th century. During the fire of 1616, the church burned down and another one was built, which was destroyed very soon by another fire. The present cathedral was built between 1723 and 1730 and had a baroque style before it was renovated in neoclassical style at the end of the 19th century after a fire in 1865.

Karlsøy Church is a wooden church built in 1854. The church has a long plan and was built according to one of Hans Linstow's typical designs. The first historical records of Karlsøya church date back to 1419, but the church was probably built in the late 13th century. A new long church was built in 1620, in 1732 the church was repaired and in 1770 an annex was built to make room for more people. In 1790 the church was converted to a cruciform design by adding two side wings.

The Roman Catholic Carmelite Church was built between 1690 and 1726 in place of an older church. The model of this church was the Vienna Josefskirche.

The Karuna church was built in 1908-1910 with Karuna's gray granite. The architectural style is national romanticism. The building is often venerated as one of the most beautiful national romantic churches of Finland.

Karup Church is a long church in late Gothic style, probably dating from the second half of the 15th century. In the Middle Ages, Karup was a place of pilgrimage famous for its sacred spring, where pilgrims and the sick flocked in large numbers, making rich donations to the church. A hospital was also attached to the church. After the Reformation, the pilgrimage ceased and thus the economic basis for the maintenance of the church also disappeared. The church fell into ruins and in 1744 it was bought by a lord. Today, only the main part of the main nave has been preserved.

The Karup church began to be built in the second half of the 12th century. It is built in Romanesque style in stone blocks and consists of a choir, nave and porch. The church, without a tower, has retained most of its original appearance.

Karuse Church is a fortified church from the 13th century. In the 16th century, a tower was built next to the church. The chancel built by Christian Ackermann dates from 1697. The oldest gravestones in the church cemetery date back to the middle of the 13th century.

Because of its height, Katarina Church is a church that occupies an important place in the Stockholm cityscape. Built for the first time in 1695, it has since suffered two fires in 1723 and in 1990 (which it did not recover until 1995). The building is now protected by the Cultural Environment Act.

The exact period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. According to epigraphic data, it already existed in the 1870s. First, it appears on Russian topographic maps of the 1880s. The cemetery was still operating in the first half of the 20th century.