Ture Lång, Statue in Skänninge, Mjölby Municipality, Sweden

Ture Lång is a statue on Skänninge's town square, made in 1990 by the local blacksmiths Bo and Stefan Asp of Asp & Karlsson. It is a modern replica of a giant Roland-style figure that once stood on the same spot, holding a club and a measure, with stones chained to its arms. A 1795 map marks the site as "Stenar efter Tore Långs bild".

The first Ture Lång statue was raised by German immigrants who brought the Roland column tradition from their home towns; Olaus Magnus described a giant figure called Turelang on Skänninge's square, used for public punishment. A 1795 map marks "stones after Tore Lång's image". The present statue was put in place in 1990, forged by local smiths Bo and Stefan Asp of Asp & Karlsson, and a 2006 referendum kept it on the square.

The name Ture Lång is Swedish, but the figure matches the German Roland statues: a club instead of a sword, and a stop held in one hand. Olaus Magnus linked it to Bremen's Roland, and the stones chained to its arms were an adultery punishment described in Bjärköarätten.

The statue stands on Skänninge's town square, roughly where a 1795 map marks "Stenar efter Tore Långs bild". A replica is raised there each spring, and after a 2006 referendum it was decided that the statue may remain on the square.

A 1795 map marks "Stenar efter Tore Långs bild" at the spot where the replica is now raised each spring. Johan Engdahl's 1753 manuscript claims a painted image of Ture Lång once hung on the north church wall of Vårfrukyrkan, possibly still hidden under whitewash.