Luleå Cathedral (Swedish: ''Luleå domkyrka'') in

Luleå Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...

, Sweden, serves the Diocese of Luleå and the local

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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

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when the Diocese of Luleå was created in 1904.

Organ

The organ, which was inaugurated in 1987, is built by Grönlund organ builders in

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. It weighs 25 tons and has 4595 pipes. The organ was expanded in 2010 with French-inspired

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. 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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