Adolf Fredrik Church () is a church in central

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, named after Adolf Frederick. It was built in 1768–1774, replacing a wooden chapel from 1674, which was dedicated to Saint Olof. It was inaugurated on 27 November 1774. Its

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is where

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was first buried in 1650, before his remains were moved to France. Inside the church a memorial to the memory of Descartes was installed by

Gustav III Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw ...

. Other famous people buried in the church cemetery include Swedish Prime Minister

Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until as ...

, who was assassinated only a block from the church, Prime Minister

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, physicist Carl Benedicks, and the composer Anders Eliasson. The church is currently headed by pastor Ted Harris.

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