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The Church of Saint Clare or Klara Church ( sv, Klara kyrka) is a
The Convent and Church of St. Clare was founded on the site in 1280s. In 1527,
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* C ...
in central 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 ...
. Since 1989, the Swedish Evangelical Mission
The Swedish Evangelical Mission (SEM) ( Swedish: "Evangelical Homeland Foundation", EFS) is an independent, low-church, New Evangelical () movement within the Church of Sweden. It emphasizes the importance of lay involvement in the church and ...
is responsible for its activities.
The Church of Saint Clare is located on Klara Västra Kyrkogata Klara may refer to:
* Klara, a female given name, see Clara (given name)
* Klara (radio), a classical-music radio station in Belgium
* Klara (singer), birth name Klára Vytisková (born 1985), Czech singer
* Klara (Stockholm), an area of central S ...
in the Klara area in lower Norrmalm
Norrmalm is a city district in Stockholm, Sweden.
History
Norrmalm is part of the larger borough of Norrmalm (''Norrmalms stadsdelsområde'').
The southern part of the district, Lower Norrmalm (''Nedre Norrmalm''), also known as City, const ...
. The Klara area (also known in Swedish as Klarakvarteren) takes its name from the church. This name has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm.
History
The Convent and Church of St. Clare was founded on the site in 1280s. In 1527, Gustav Vasa
Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ('' Riksför ...
, King of Sweden, had the church and convent torn down. Construction of the current church started in 1572 under Johan III
John III ( sv , Johan III, fi, Juhana III; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He was the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margaret Leijonhufvud. He was also, quite autonomous ...
.
The graveyard which is almost surrounded now by modern buildings was started in the 17th century.
The church tower was built as part of restoration work in the 1880s and is tall.Hall, Thomas (2008). ''Stockholm: The Making of a Metropolis''. Routledge. p. 207
The church contains a 35-bell carillon
A carillon ( , ) is a pitched percussion instrument that is played with a keyboard and consists of at least 23 cast-bronze bells. The bells are hung in fixed suspension and tuned in chromatic order so that they can be sounded harmoniou ...
, which was cast by the in 1965.
See also
*History of Stockholm
The history of Stockholm, capital of Sweden, for many centuries coincided with the development of what is today known as Gamla stan, the Stockholm Old Town. Stockholm's ''raison d'être'' always was to be the Swedish capital and by far the large ...
References
External links
* Cemeteries in Sweden Churches in Stockholm Churches in the Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden) Churches converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of Sweden Swedish Evangelical Mission church buildings {{Sweden-church-stub