Hedvig Eleonora Church

Hedvig Eleonora Church (Swedish: Hedvig Eleonora kyrka) is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Östermalm and belongs to the Church of Sweden and is parish church for Hedvig Eleonora Parish in the Diocese of Stockholm.

The church was consecrated on 21 August 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. On 20 November 2023, Lasse Berghagen was buried inside the church.

The building contains a 24-bell carillon, built by the Bergholtz Bellfoundry in 1968

Notable interments

• Tim Bergling (Avicii)
• Matilda Widegren (1863–1938), educator and peace activist

Gallery

References

External links

• Hedvig Eleonora church, Stockholm pdf (in Swedish)

1. Hedvig Eleonora Parish
2. Hedvig Eleonora Church (Karlskrona)
3. Avicii
4. Hedvig
5. Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
6. Erik Bergman (Lutheran minister)
7. Hedvig Sophia of Sweden
8. Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp
9. Göran Josuæ Adelcrantz
10. Fredrik Church
11. Peter London
12. Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark
13. Storgatan, Stockholm
14. Stockholm Palace
15. Artillerigatan
16. Isabel Lestapier Winqvist
17. Lasse Berghagen
18. Hedvig Catharina von Fersen
19. List of Lutheran churches
20. Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg