11 July 2018
This is not a very obvious church from any panoramic view of Gamla Stan or Central Stockholm. I passed by this place while I was walking back from Haga Park (11km walk one way - summer means can walk anytime anywhere). Since it was opened, I thought why not? This church is located somewhere along Drottninggatan and guess what - Drottninggatan is a VERY LONG street. I do wonder though why are there so many churches in Stockholm. So, people can decide to detour as and when they wish? Or too many folk in Stockholm? Well, I do know that once upon a time, Swedish was a very religious country.
Adolf Fredrik Church (Swedish: Adolf Fredriks kyrka) is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden, named after Adolf Frederick. It was built in 1768-1774, replacing a wooden chapel from 1674, which was dedicated to Saint Olof. It was opened on 27 November 1774. Its cemetery is where René Descartes was first buried in 1650, before his remains were moved to France. Inside the church a memorial to the memory of Descartes was installed by Gustav III. Other famous people buried in the church cemetery include Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was assassinated only a block from the church, Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting, physicist Carl Benedicks, and the composer Anders Eliasson. Source from Wikipedia.
I have not seen this in other churches before. Take a ribbon and tie it to the net. Each colour represents something. For example - Gold for God. I tied one because it was free. :)
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