Vallsjö

Vallsjö lies in the old district of Njudung in Småland. Its Romanesque church was built in the second half of the twelfth century, one of a group of churches inspired by the great cathedral at Lund. The church once had a narrow western tower. Danish troops burned it in 1568 during the Northern Seven Years' War, destroying the upper part of the tower. The church was repaired afterwards, but the tower was never rebuilt and its bells were hung in a separate belfry.