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https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/malmo/stpetrikyrka

St. Petri Cathederal was around at the time of the Black Death. Its construction begun in 1318. I am told the plague interrupted construction work...

...The Black Death (Digerdöden, 'The Great Death') was present in Scandinavia between 1350 and 1351....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death_in_Sweden

wiki: "In 1349, king Magnus IV of Sweden and Norway issued a warning about the plague to his Swedish subjects. While the letter is not dated, it was likely written in Lödöse in September 1349, judging from the known place of residence and other letters issued by the king which has been dated. In the letter, it is clear that the plague had not reached Sweden and that the king issued a royal proclamation of public penance, in an attempt to soften the wrath of God to prevent the Black Death in Norway from reaching Sweden:"

"We proclaim to You, that we have been given tidings that are truly frightening, and of which every Christian should justly fear; that God has because of the Sins of Man cast a great misery upon the entire world, that of hasty evil death, so that most of the people who lived in the lands West of our land are now dead of that misery and it is now present in all of Norway and Halland and are progressing toward us, so that everywhere in those lands it is so strong that people [with no prior illness] falls down and dies, when a moment ago they were healthy [...]; and where ever it progresses not enough people are left who can bury those that die. Now We fear, because of the great love and care we have for you that, because of the Sins of Man, the same misery and death should come over our own subjects."

References:

Ole Jørgen Benedictow: The Black Death, 1346-1353: The Complete History.
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