The Diocese of

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

( sv, Stockholms stift) is a division of the

Church of Sweden The Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska kyrkan) is an Evangelical Lutheran national church in Sweden. A former state church, headquartered in Uppsala, with around 5.6 million members at year end 2021, it is the largest Christian denomination in Sw ...

. Its cathedral is

Storkyrkan Storkyrkan (, ), also called Stockholms domkyrka (Stockholm Cathedral) and Sankt Nikolai kyrka (Church of Saint Nicholas), is the oldest church in Stockholm. Storkyrkan lies in the centre of Stockholm in Gamla stan, between Stockholm Palace and ...

in Stockholm's Old Town. The diocese covers most of metropolitan Stockholm and was formed in 1942 from parts of the medieval dioceses of

Strängnäs Strängnäs is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Strängnäs Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 15,363 inhabitants in 2020. It is located by Lake Mälaren and is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Strängnäs, one of t ...

and

Uppsala Uppsala (, or all ending in , ; archaically spelled ''Upsala'') is the county seat of Uppsala County and the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö. It had 177,074 inha ...

, both pre-dating the foundation of Stockholm. Before 1942, the

City of Stockholm Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms kommun or ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, ma ...

itself and

Greater Stockholm Sweden has three metropolitan areas consisting of the areas surrounding the three largest cities, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. The statistics have been retrieved from Statistics Sweden and the statistics released on 10 November 2014. The ...

were divided more or less equally between the two medieval dioceses at Slussen just south of Stockholm's Old Town.

Bishop

The current bishop of Stockholm is Andreas Holmberg, who was enthroned on 5 March 2019. The following have served as Bishop of Stockholm from the Second World War to the present day:See the episcopal succession lis
here
* Manfred Björkquist (1942–1954) * Helge Ljungberg (1954–1971) * Ingmar Ström (1971–1979) *

Lars Carlzon Lars Axel Carlzon (20 February 1918 – 23 July 2004) was a Swedish prelate who was the Bishop in Stockholm between 1979 and 1984. Biography Carlzon was born on 20 February 1918 in Hakarps, Sweden, the son of Axel Carlzon and Benny Jonsson. He ...

(1979–1984) *

Krister Stendahl Krister Olofson Stendahl (21 April 1921 – 15 April 2008) was a Swedish theologian, New Testament scholar, and Church of Sweden Bishop of Stockholm. He also served as dean, professor, and professor emeritus at Harvard Divinity School. Life St ...

(1984–1988) *

Henrik Svenungsson Lars Henrik Sigfrid Svenungsson (30 May 1933 - 6 December 2017) was a Swedish prelate of the Church of Sweden who was Bishop of Stockholm between 1988 and 1998 and later chaplain of the Royal Household from 1997 till 2007. Biography Svenungsson w ...

(1988–1998) * Caroline Krook (1998–2009) *

Eva Brunne Gerd Eva Cecilia Brunne (born 7 March 1954) is a bishop in the Church of Sweden. She served as the Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden), Bishop of Stockholm from 2009 till 2019. She is the List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender firsts b ...

(2009–2019) * Andreas Holmberg (2019- )

Kontrakts

The diocese contains the following 13 ''kontrakts'': * Domkyrkokontraktet * Södermalms Kontrakt *

Brännkyrka Kontrakt Brännkyrka is a parish in South Stockholm, Sweden. The population is 36,572. Brännkyrka, at that time much larger in area, was amalgamated into the city of Stockholm in 1913. This area now constitutes the southern main part of Stockholm M ...

Birka Kontrakt Birka (''Birca'' in medieval sources), on the island of Björkö (lit. "Birch Island") in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of the European continent an ...

* Roslags Kontrakt *

Värmdö Kontrakt Värmdö can mean: *Värmdö Municipality Värmdö Municipality (''Värmdö kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is in the town of Gustavsberg, with a population of 9,682 (2005), on the main island ...

* Södertörns Kontrakt * Östermalms-Lidingö Kontrakt *

Enskede Kontrakt Enskede may refer to * Enskede (locality), a locality in Stockholm, Sweden *Enskede-Årsta (1998–2007), merged into the borough below * Enskede-Årsta-Vantör (formed 2007), a borough in Stockholm, Sweden ** Gamla Enskede, a district in the borou ...

Spånga Kontrakt Spånga is a community and parish in the borough of Spånga-Tensta in Stockholm County, Sweden. Background Spånga was an independent municipality until January 1, 1949 when most of it was merged with the City of Stockholm, with smaller ...

Sollentuna Kontrakt The Diocese of Stockholm ( sv, Stockholms stift) is a division of the Church of Sweden. Its cathedral is Storkyrkan in Stockholm's Old Town. The diocese covers most of metropolitan Stockholm and was formed in 1942 from parts of the medieval dioc ...

* Solna Kontrakt * Huddinge-Botkyrka Kontrakt

Sollentuna Kontrakt

* Eds Parish (in Upplands Väsby Municipality) * Fresta Parish (in Upplands Väsby Municipality) * Hammarby Parish (in Upplands Väsby Municipality) * Järfälla Parish (in

Järfälla Municipality Järfälla Municipality ( sv, Järfälla kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden, and is considered a suburb of Stockholm. Its seat is located in Jakobsberg, part of the Stockholm urban area. Järfälla has not been a ...

) *

Sollentuna Parish Sollentuna socken is a former socken of Sollentuna Hundred in Uppland, Sweden. The area largely corresponds to the modern Sollentuna Municipality, but not completely. Hansta was incorporated into Stockholm Municipality in 1980, while other local ...

(in

Sollentuna Municipality Sollentuna Municipality ( ) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden, north of Stockholm. Its seat of local government is located in Tureberg, which is a part of Sollentuna urban area. Geography Sollentuna borders the m ...

)

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1942 establishments in Sweden Christian organizations established in 1942 {{Lutheran-stub