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Hedvig Eleonora Church

Hedvig Eleonora Church

Also known as Hedvig Eleonora kyrka, Hedvig Eleonora kyrkogård, Hedwig Eleonora Kyrka, Ladugårdslands kyrka, Ladugårdslandskyrkan

Year

1737

Style

Baroque

Type

church

Hedvig Eleonora is a drawn-out baroque central church: Jean de la Vallée's 17th-century octagonal plan was completed only in the 1730s by Göran Josuae Adelcrantz and acquired its cityscape-defining dome in the 1860s. The church was…

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Timeline

  1. 1669-1737

    Original construction

    Göran Josuæ Adelcrantz, Jean de la Vallée, Bror Malmberg

  2. 1868

    Dome

    Dome designed by Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander (1866-1868), with revisions by court architect Bror Carl Malmberg. The dome became characteristic of Stockholm's skyline.

    Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander

  3. 1891-1893

    Restoration

    Agi Lindegren

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