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Karlstad Cathedral
Karlstad Cathedral (Swedish: ''Karlstads domkyrka'') is a cathedral in Karlstad, Sweden. The church is located in the middle of Karlstad on Lagberget on Tingvalla island. It belongs to Karlstad Cathedral Parish of the Diocese of Karlstad of the Church of Sweden. History There has been a church on the site since the 1300s. That church was burned down together with virtually the entire city in 1616. Subsequently rebuilt, Karlstad became a cathedral in 1647 when Queen Christina (1626–1689) established the Diocese of Karlstad. That church also burned down in 1719. A new church was erected in 1723–1730 at Lagberget on Tingvalla Island, under the direction of Superintendent Johannes Steuchius (1676–1742) who later became Archbishop. The church is built in a Baroque style and was inaugurated on 13 July 1730 (2 July 1730 according to the Old Style). In 1790, architect Erik Palmstedt (1741-1803) designed a new choral interior with a new altar and pulpit. The roof and tower of Karl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlstad
Karlstad (, ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants in the wider municipality in 2021, and is the 21st biggest municipality in Sweden. Karlstad has a Karlstad University, university and a cathedral. During recent years, Karlstad has started building many new buildings, for example all the new buildings around Orrholmen, hosting a brand new Coop store and a 17 story high rise apartment which will be finished in late 2022. Karlstad is built on the river delta where Sweden's longest river, Klarälven, runs into Sweden's largest lake, Vänern. It has the second largest lake port in the country after Västerås. Karlstad is often associated with sunshine and the symbol for Karlstad is a smiling sun. Karlstad is reputed to be one of the sunniest tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden
Sweden, ; fi, Ruotsi; fit, Ruotti; se, Ruoŧŧa; smj, Svierik; sje, Sverji; sju, Sverje; sma, Sveerje or ; yi, שוועדן, Shvedn; rmu, Svedikko; rmf, Sveittiko. formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the List of European countries by area, fifth-largest country in Europe. The Capital city, capital and largest city is Stockholm. Sweden has a population of 10.5 million, and a low population density of ; around 87% of Swedes reside in urban areas in the central and southern half of the country. Sweden’s urban areas together cover 1.5% of its land area. Because the country is so long, ranging from 55th parallel north, 55°N to 69th parallel north, 69°N, the climate of Sweden is diverse. Sweden has been inhabited since Prehistoric Sweden, prehistoric times, . T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Sweden, the largest Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world, after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. A member of the Porvoo Communion, the church professes Lutheranism. It is composed of thirteen dioceses, divided into parishes. It is an open national church which, working with a democratic organisation and through the ministry of the church, covers the whole nation. The Primate of the Church of Sweden, as well as the Metropolitan of all Sweden, is the Archbishop of Uppsala. Today, the Church of Sweden is an Evangelical Lutheran church. It is liturgically and theologically " high church", having retained priests, vestments, and the Mass during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Karlstad
The Diocese of Karlstad ( sv, Karlstads stift) is a diocese of the Church of Sweden. It covers most of the provinces Värmland and Dalsland. Its current borders are from 1693. List of Bishops * Sveno Benedicti Elfdalius : 1647~1666 * Andreas Birgeri Kilander : 1666~1673 * Jonas Johannis Scarinius : 1673 * Erlandus Svenonis Broman : 1673~1693 * Benedictus Svenonis Camoenius : 1693~1704 **''Vacant (1704~1706)'' *Jonas Laurentii Arnell : 1706~1707 **''Vacant (1707~1709)'' * Torsten Rudeen : 1709~1717 * Daniel Norlindh : 1717~1718 * Ingemund Bröms : 1718~1722 *Johannes Steuchius : 1723~1731 *Magnus Petri Aurivillius : 1731~1740 **''Vacant (1740~1742)'' * Nils Lagerlöf : 1742~1769 **''Vacant (1769~1771)'' * Jöran Claes Schröder : 1771~1773 **''Vacant (1773~1775)'' *Daniel Henrik Herweghr :1775~1787 **''Vacant (1787~1789)'' *Herman Schröderheim : 1789~1802 **''Vacant (1802~1805)'' *Olof Bjurbäck : 1805~1829 * Johan Jacob Hedrén : 1830~1836 *Carl Adolf Agardh : 1836~1859 *Johan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sören Dalevi
Sören Dalevi (born 12 June 1969 in Björneborg), is a Swedish prelate and theologian. Since 2012 he has been a lecturer in religious studies at Karlstad University. In 2016 he was elected as Bishop of Karlstad. Biography Sören Dalevi was ordained as a priest in 1996, after which he became vicar in the parish of Grums. He was the founder of youth work in the Diocese of Karlstad between 1997 and 2000 and committees in the parish of Norrstrands in Karlstad between 2000 and 2003. He then pursued research studies at Karlstad University. Between 2008 and 2012 Dalevi was a member of the school board at Geijerskolan. Dalevi's research focused on church education. On Thursday 28 April 2016 he was elected Bishop of Karlstad. At the preliminary voting session, Sören Dalevi received 59.1% of the votes. The other candidate who took part in the election. Karin Johannesson, gained 40.9% of the votes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina, Queen Of Sweden
Christina ( sv, Kristina, 18 December ( New Style) 1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. She succeeded her father Gustavus Adolphus upon his death at the Battle of Lützen (1632), Battle of Lützen in 1632, but began ruling the Swedish Empire when she reached the age of eighteen in 1644. The Swedish queen is remembered as one of the most learned women of the 17th century. She was fond of books, manuscripts, paintings, and sculptures. With her interest in religion, philosophy, mathematics, and alchemy, she attracted many scientists to Stockholm, wanting the city to become the "Athens of the North". The Peace of Westphalia allowed her to establish an academy or university when and wherever she wanted. In 1644, she began issuing copper in lumps as large as fifteen kilograms to serve as currency. Christina's financial extravagance brought the state to the verge of bankruptcy, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Steuchius
Johannes Steuchius (3 January 1676 – 21 June 1742) was Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden from 1730 to his death. Biography He was born in Härnösand, the son of Archbishop Mathias Steuchius (1644–1730) . His family surname was ennobled in 1719 to Steuch. He was enrolled at Uppsala University in 1692 and in 1695 at Lund University. Steuchius received a doctorate in philosophy at Uppsala in 1700 and in 1701, he took up a position as professor and librarian at Lund University. In 1707 he returned to Uppsala University where he was appointed professor of metaphysics and logic as well as extra ordinary professor of theology. Steuchius left academic life in 1723, when he was appointed superintendent of the Diocese of Karlstad In 1730, he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Linköping however following the subsequent the death of his father, he was appointed to succeed him as Archbishop of Uppsala. References Other sources Nordisk familjebok, artic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Törnqvist
Henrik ''Alber''t Törnqvist (January 7, 1819 – August 25, 1898) was a Swedish architect. Törnqvist was born in Stockholm and studied at the Royal Institute of Technology and Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. He won the royal medal and received a traveling grant 1845–1851. During these years he visited France, Italy, Turkey, Anatolia, Egypt, and Nubia. In 1853, Törnqvist was selected to become a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. He became vice professor in 1860. Works Civil buildings * Kondradsbergs hospital * Rebuilding Kastenhof to Hotel Rydberg * Rebuilding and extending Westmanska Palatset * Ateljébyggnaden by Kungsträdgården * Centralpostkontoret by Rödbodtorget (later rebuilt, demolished 1969-1970) * Djurgårdsteatern * Uppsala University Hospital Uppsala University Hospital ( sv, Akademiska sjukhuset'', often referred to colloquially as "Akademiska" or "Ackis"'') in Uppsala, Sweden, is a teaching hospital for the Uppsala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalencyklopedin
''Nationalencyklopedin'' (; "The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish language, Swedish-language encyclopedia, initiated by a favourable loan from the Government of Sweden of 17 million Swedish krona, Swedish kronor in 1980, which was repaid by December 1990. The printed version consists of 20 volumes with 172,000 articles; the Internet version comprises 260,000 articles (as of June 2005). History The project was born in 1980, when a government committee suggested that negotiations be initiated with various publishers. This stage was finished in August 1985, when in Höganäs became the publisher responsible for the project. The project specifications were for a modern reference work based on a science, scientific paradigm incorporating gender and natural environment, environmental issues. Pre-orders for the work were unprecedented; before the first volume was published in December 1989, 54,000 customers had ordered the enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutheran Cathedrals In Sweden
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched the Protestant Reformation. The reaction of the government and church authorities to the international spread of his writings, beginning with the ''Ninety-five Theses'', divided Western Christianity. During the Reformation, Lutheranism became the state religion of numerous states of northern Europe, especially in northern Germany, Scandinavia and the then-Livonian Order. Lutheran clergy became civil servants and the Lutheran churches became part of the state. The split between the Lutherans and the Roman Catholics was made public and clear with the 1521 Edict of Worms: the edicts of the Diet condemned Luther and officially banned citizens of the Holy Roman Empire from defending or propagating his ideas, subjecting advocates of Lutheranism to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churches In Värmland County
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 * Christian denomination, a Christian organization with distinct doctrine and practice * Christian Church, either the collective body of all Christian believers, or early Christianity Places United Kingdom * Church (Liverpool ward), a Liverpool City Council ward * Church (Reading ward), a Reading Borough Council ward * Church (Sefton ward), a Metropolitan Borough of Sefton ward * Church, Lancashire, England United States * Church, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Church Lake, a lake in Minnesota Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Church magazine'', a pastoral theology magazine published by the National Pastoral Life Center Fictional entities * Church (''Red vs. Blue''), a fictional character in the video web series ''Red vs. Blue'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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