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Hedvig Eleonora Church

Hedvig Eleonora kyrka
Hedvig Eleonora kyrka December 2012 (perspective).jpg
Hedvig Eleonora Church
Basic information
Location , Sweden
Geographic coordinates 59°20′07″N 18°04′50″E / 59.33528°N 18.08056°E / 59.33528; 18.08056
Affiliation Church of Sweden
Rite Protestant
Year consecrated 1737
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Parish church
Architectural style Baroque

Hedvig Eleonora Church (Swedish: Hedvig Eleonora kyrka) is a church in central , Sweden (in the east district of Östermalm).

The church was consecrated in 1737 and is named after the Swedish Queen Hedvig Eleonora (1636-1715), wife of King Charles X of Sweden. Hedvig Eleonora Church is an octagonal church.

The church is one of Stockholm's most popular for weddings, christenings and funerals.

Hedvig Eleonora Church in 1900

Exterior

Organ

Altar

Pulpit

Erik Bergman (Ingmar Bergman's father) who became parish minister in 1934 delivering a sermon at Hedvig Eleonora as of 1918

Coordinates: 59°20′07″N 18°04′50″E / 59.33528°N 18.08056°E / 59.33528; 18.08056



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