Danderyd Church, Church building in Danderyd Municipality, Sweden

Danderyd Church is a medieval stone church with a rectangular nave and a straight-ended choir of the same width, plus a sacristy on the north side. Its walls are rendered, the gable fields contain brick, and a steep slate-clad saddle roof covers the building. A separate wooden bell tower stands behind it among trees and low hedges.

A wooden church may have stood here in the 12th century; the present building is first mentioned in 1314 and was erected around 1400 as a small grey-stone church with a single nave and a north sacristy. Around 1570 the Banér family, patrons from the early 16th century, had it widened to the south into a two-nave hall church; in the 17th century they funded its westward extension, making it three-nave with pillars and cross vaults.

The church was long the burial and parish church of the noble Banér family, who owned Djursholm Castle from 1508 to 1813. Two burial vaults lie beneath the chancel, and a large monument in the southeast corner commemorates Svante Gustafsson Banér and his wife Ebba Grip, carved by the Dutch sculptor Aris Claeszon. The pulpit is Ebba Grip's gift in memory of her husband, who died in 1628.

The church stands about 6 km north of Stockholm, right beside the busy E18 between Stockholm and Norrtälje. A 2017 extension along the north nave added a new entrance, a gathering room and an accessible toilet. Klockare Malms chapel next door has a devotional room used for smaller funerals, weddings and baptisms.

The church was the burial church of the Banér noble family, who owned Djursholm Castle from 1508 to 1813. Two burial vaults lie beneath the chancel, and a large monument in the southeast part honours Svante Gustafsson Banér and his wife Ebba Grip, carved by the Dutch sculptor Aris Claeszon.