Glanshammar
15km/9mi northeast of Örebro is Ekebergs Herregård, home of Gustavus Vasa's second wife Margareta Leijonhufvud. The famous Ekberg marble (used, for example, in the Town Hall and the Dramatic Theater in Stockholm) came from the nearby village of Glanshammar.
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Glanshammar
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Glanshammar Cemetery
Northeast of Glanshammar church is a ship burial, part of a cemetery area which extends along the road to Fellingsbro.
Village Church
The Glanshammar village church, which dates from the middle of the 12th century, is one of the richest churches in the province, with Renaissance paintings and a fine processional crucifix. 200m/220yd west of the church are the old silver mines which gave the place its name. (Mining ceased about 1530).
