Hedvig Eleonora Parish () is a

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...

Östermalm Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of Sweden's most populous and exclusive districts. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest ho ...

's church district (''kontrakt'') in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. The parish is located in

Stockholm Municipality Stockholm Municipality () or the City of Stockholm () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It has the largest population of the 290 municipalities of the country, but one of the smallest areas, making it the second most ...

in Stockholm County. The parish forms its own pastorship.

History

The parish was formed on 17 April 1672, by an outbreak from the Holmkyrkan Parish (''Holmkyrkans församling''). Until 1737, the parish was also called the Ladugårdsland Parish (''Ladugårdslands församling'') and has also been called the Östermalm Parish (''Östermalms församling''). In 1724 and 1749, the ''Borgerskapets änkhus församling'' and ''Hedvig Eleonora fattighus församling'' broke out, respectively. In 1819, the ''Djurgårdens landsförsamling'' broke out, but returned in 1868. On 1 May 1906,

Engelbrekt Parish Engelbrekt Parish () is a parish in Östermalm's church district (''kontrakt'') in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. The parish is located in Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County. The parish forms its own pastorship. History Engelbrekt Par ...

and

Oscar Parish Oscar Parish () is a parish in Östermalm's church district (''kontrakt'') in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. The parish is located in Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County. The parish forms its own pastorship. History Oscar Parish was fo ...

were broken out. The parish has formed and constitutes its own pastorship with the exception of the period from 1819 to 1868 when it was the head parish of the pastorship of ''Hedvig Eleonora och Djurgårdens landsförsamling''.

Location

Hedvig Eleonora Parish belongs to

's church district (''kontrakt'') which also includes Oscar and Engelbrekt parishes. The parish consists of the central part of the district of Östermalm and is geographically small, a few blocks between Valhallavägen in the north,

Strandvägen Strandvägen () is a street on Östermalm in central Stockholm, Sweden. Completed just in time for the Stockholm World's Fair 1897, it quickly became known as one of the most prestigious addresses in town. Stretching 1 km (3.500 ft) ...

with the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre (, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present lo ...

in the south, Skeppargatan in the east and Brahegatan in the west. The only church of the parish,

Hedvig Eleonora Church Hedvig Eleonora Church () is a church (building), church in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is located at Östermalm and belongs to the Church of Sweden and is parish church for Hedvig Eleonora Parish in the Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden), ...

, founded in 1669 and inaugurated in 1737, is located at Östermalm square, where also Östermalmshallen, the

Swedish Army Museum The Swedish Army Museum () is a museum of military history located in the district of Östermalm in Stockholm. It reopened in 2002 after a long period of closure, and was awarded the title of the best museum of Stockholm in 2005. Its displays il ...

, Stockholm Music Museum, and the Royal Stables are located. The church is Östermalm's oldest church and was the main church until Östermalm was divided into three parishes in 1906. On 1 January 1976, Hedvig Eleonora Parish covered an area of 0.6 square kilometers, of which 0.6 square kilometer was land.

Vicars

* 1647–1697: Jonas Gravnader * 1697–1709: Abraham Alcinius * 1711–1715: Georg Wallberg * 1719–1731: Michael Hermonius * 1731–1738: Olof Hökerstedt * 1738–1757: Johan Göstaf Hallman * 1758–1766: Anders Carl Rutström * 1767–1777: Johan Stenbeck * 1779–1791: Olof Eneroth Olofsson * 1802–1820: Lars Peter Widing * 1822–1852: Mårten Christoffer Bergvall * 1853–1881: Per Lindsten * 1883–1885: Ernst Julius Östrand * 1888–1908: Gustaf Oskar Lagerström * 1910–1933: Josef Källander * 1934–1964:

Erik Bergman Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911 – 24 April 2006) was a composer of european classical music, classical music from Finland. Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from bein ...

* 1964–1977: Hans Åkerhielm af Blombacka * 1977–1987: Erik Albertson * 1987–1998: Arne Broberg * 1998–2006: Olof Sjöholm * 2006–2008: Cecilia Melder * 2008–present: Sven Milltoft

References

External links

*{{Official site, https://hedvigeleonora.se/ Parishes of the Church of Sweden Diocese of Stockholm (Church of Sweden)