Malung

Malung stands on the Västerdalälven in western Dalarna, on a route followed by pilgrims towards Nidaros in Norway. The oldest part of its sandstone church probably dates from the thirteenth or early fourteenth century. In the 1490s the church was extended westward and given vaults and wall paintings; it was reconsecrated in 1510. The river valley provided a route through forested country, linking the parish with communities on either side of the mountains.