Caroli Church is a former church in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal popul ...

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. It was built in 1880. The church is named after king

Charles XI of Sweden Charles XI or Carl ( sv, Karl XI; ) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein- ...

. The first Caroli Church was built in 1680, in the same place as the current building. The church was also known as "The German Church" and the services was held in the

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for the German merchants and craftsmen of Malmö. It was

deconsecrated Deconsecration, also called secularization, is the act of removing a religious blessing from something that had been previously consecrated by a minister or priest of that religion. The practice is usually performed on churches or synagogues to ...

in 2010.https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/skane/avkristnad-kyrka-blir-motesplats (Swedish)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caroli Church, Malmo Churches in Malmö 17th-century Church of Sweden church buildings 1880 establishments in Sweden Churches completed in 1880 Churches in the Diocese of Lund