Luleå Cathedral (Swedish: ''Luleå domkyrka'') in Luleå, Sweden, serves the

Diocese of Luleå The diocese of Luleå ( sv, Luleå stift) is a Swedish diocese of the Church of Sweden. List of Bishops *Olof Bergqvist : 1904~1937 * Bengt Jonzon : 1937~1956 *Ivar Hylander : 1956~1966 * Stig Hellsten : 1966~1980 *Olaus Brännström : 1980~1 ...

and the local

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 ...

parish, Luleå Cathedral Parish (''Luleå domkyrkoförsamling'').

History

There were a total of two churches built on the site of the current cathedral. In 1667 the original wooden church was demolished and a stone church was built instead. However, on 11 June 1887, the church burned to the ground. Two years later, the church council decided to rebuild the church and on 11 June 1889, the cornerstone was laid. The church was built on the designs of Adolf Emil Melander. It was consecrated on 3 December 1893, which was First Advent Sunday that year., The church was originally named Oscar Fredrik Church (''Oscar Fredriks kyrka''), after the King Oscar (Fredrik) II. It became a

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...

when the Diocese of Luleå was created in 1904.

Organ

The organ, which was inaugurated in 1987, is built by Grönlund organ builders in Gammelstaden. It weighs 25 tons and has 4595 pipes. The organ was expanded in 2010 with French-inspired

En chamade ''En chamade'' (French: "to sound a parley") refers to powerfully voiced reed stops in a pipe organ that have been mounted horizontally, rather than vertically, in the front of the organ case, projecting out into the church or concert hall. They ...

. The facade was designed by Jan Boström in collaboration with the architect Bertil Fraklin.

References

External links

Cathedral's website

Information about the cathedral in English
(PDF)
Luleå Cathedral Parish: information in English
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