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[[File:Sankt Olofs kapell 1.jpg|280px|thumb|right|Saint Olaf's chapel, Byxelkrok]]
'''Saint Olaf's chapel''' in Byxelkrok, on the island of [[Öland]], Sweden, was built in 1976. The modernist design is by Anders Berglund.<ref name="konstateljen">{{cite web|url=http://www.konstateljen.se/olandguide/kyrkor/headfil/kyhead29.htm|title=Sankt Olofs kapell (Byxelkrok)|language=Swedish|accessdate=7 April 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819005750/http://www.konstateljen.se/olandguide/kyrkor/headfil/kyhead29.htm|archivedate=19 August 2010}}</ref> The chapel is in [[Böda socken]] in the [[Diocese of Växjö]], and is one of three 20th century churches on the island.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ölands kyrkor|url=http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=2727&file=Sve%2fBin%c3%a4rfiler%2fFiler%2fa911661c-6ceb-4ce8-8fe8-909ca9ae74da.pdf&filename=%c3%96lands+kyrkor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407104218/http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/default.aspx?id=2727&file=Sve%2fBin%c3%a4rfiler%2fFiler%2fa911661c-6ceb-4ce8-8fe8-909ca9ae74da.pdf&filename=%c3%96lands+kyrkor|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 April 2014|publisher=Svenska kyrkan|accessdate=6 April 2014|df=}}</ref>
Another Saint Olaf's chapel on the island, on the small shoal island called Lilla grundet on the [[Grankullaviken]] bay, is in ruins, with only a small elevation left as evidence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.konstateljen.se/olandguide/kyrkor/headfil/kyhead30.htm|title=Sankt Olofs kapellruin|language=Swedish|accessdate=7 April 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819010028/http://www.konstateljen.se/olandguide/kyrkor/headfil/kyhead30.htm|archivedate=19 August 2010}}</ref> The chapel and its cemetery are mentioned in a 1515 list from the [[Diocese of Linköping]]; possibly stones from the chapel were used to build [[Långe Erik]], the lighthouse on the neighboring island, Stora grundet.<ref name="norra">{{cite web|url=http://www.lansstyrelsen.se/kalmar/sv/om-lansstyrelsen/om-lanet/besoksmal/natur/Pages/olands_norra_udde.aspx?keyword=swiks|title=Ölands norra udde|publisher=[[County Administrative Boards of Sweden|Länsstyrelsen]] [[Kalmar County]]|language=Swedish|accessdate=16 March 2014}}</ref>
[[File:St Olofs kapellDSCF0651.jpg|thumb|right|200px|interior]]
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