At Stortorget in the heart of Södertälje is a church begun around the same time, but has had a more eventful history.
The oldest remaining portions are the 14th-century groin vaults in the nave.
After fires in the year 1650, the church got its Baroque facade, and needed to be restored again following another fire in 1881. Luckily that time most of the damage was superficial, leaving the sublime decoration inside unharmed.
