Katarina Church

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Katarina kyrka
January 2013 view of Katarina kyrka from outside
Religion
Affiliation	Church of Sweden
Rite	Lutheran
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Parish church
Year consecrated	1724
Location
Location	Stockholm, Sweden
Interactive map of Katarina kyrka
Coordinates	59°19′01″N 18°04′41″E / 59.31694°N 18.07806°E / 59.31694; 18.07806
Architecture
Style	Baroque
Groundbreaking	1656
Completed	1695

Katarina kyrka (Church of Catherine) is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden. The original building was constructed 1656–1695. It has been rebuilt twice after being destroyed by fires, the second time in the 1990s. The Katarina-Sofia borough is named after Katarina Parish and the neighbouring parish of Sofia.

Construction of the church started during the reign of Charles X Gustav of Sweden, and the church is named after Princess Catherine, mother of the king, wife of John Casimir, Palsgrave of Pfalz-Zweibrücken and half-sister of Gustavus Adolphus. The original architect was Jean de la Vallée.^{[citation needed]}

In 1723 the church was completely destroyed in a major fire. It was rebuilt with a larger, octagonal tower.^{[citation needed]}

On 17 May 1990, the church burned down again, leaving almost nothing remaining but the external walls. A rebuilt church reopened in 1995 with a new organ built by J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people buried in the cemetery surrounding the church include the assassinated Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, the Dutch-Swedish singer Cornelis Vreeswijk, football player Sven Bergqvist, rapper Einár, and Sten Sture the Elder.

• List of churches in Stockholm

• Lena Karlsson: "Anna Ingrid och Katarina" (2004) ISBN 91-501-0303-2

• Katarina parish (in Swedish)
• Virtual tour of Katarina church

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Katarinakyrkan, Stockholm.

59°19′01″N 18°04′41″E / 59.31694°N 18.07806°E / 59.31694; 18.07806