Saint James's Church, Stockholm

The Jacob's Church ( Swedish: Sankt Jacobs officially kyrka, colloquially Jacob kyrka ) is a church building in the center of the Swedish capital Stockholm. It is located right at the park Kungsträdgården.

History

As the first Christian building on the same site in the 14th century was built a chapel. This was in the 1430s by a brick church (some sources mention a building made ​​of wood and natural stone) replaced.

The Reichstag in Västerås in 1527 decided to demolish this church and in 1580 began construction of the present church in the reign of King John III. The construction management took over the architect Willem Boy and the architect Henrik van Huwen. After several delays in construction, the church was inaugurated only on the first Sunday of Advent 1642 in the presence of the reorganized Queen Christina.

Portal

Page portal

Portal

Equipment

Font

Look in the aisle

Painting

The history of the organ dates back to the year 1644th Today's main organ in 1976 by ​​the Danish organ builder Marcussen & Son ( Abenraa ) built into the existing historic organ case, with pipe material was reused from previous instruments. The instrument has 83 registers to five manual and pedal works, including a remote work. The Spieltrakturen are mechanical, the Registertrakturen are electric.

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