The authors have sampled and analysed pigments from Romanesque wall paintings in three churches in the province of Västergötland in southern Sweden: Marka, Eriksberg and Mjäldrunga. In total 27 samples were obtained and analysed with a Hitachi TM3000 scanning electron microscope. All paintings are dated to, or close to, the 13th century. They are generally in a bad state and often fragmentary. The analyses show that iron oxide (Fe2O3), yellow ochre and green earth are common pigments in the paintings, while imported pigments like ultramarine, vivianite, malachite, atacamite, minium and cinnabar are less common, in comparison with Romanesque murals in wealthier regions like Skåne (Scania) and Gotland. Two samples of minium have been analysed with a mass spectrometerfor their lead isotope composition. The data indicate an origin from the Harz or Erzgebirge mountainous districts in Germany.