Skeppsholmskyrkan
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Skeppsholmskyrkan (Swedish: "The Skeppsholm Church") is a church on the islet of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, Sweden, secularized in 2002.
Named after its location, the church was built 1823-1849 to replace a minor wooden church on Blasieholmen destroyed in the devastating fire of 1822. Inaugurated by King Charles XIV John and still officially carrying his name, it was designed by the architect Fredrik Blom as a neoclassical octahedral temple inspired by the Pantheon in Rome, borrowing the coffered ceiling while substituting the oculus for the temple-shaped lantern light. On all sides, the plain white walls restored in 1998 are pierced by portals whose four pillars support semi-circular lunettes. Inside the cruciform exterior, the interior sheet of the wooden double cupola is supported by paired doric columns and rounded arches. Accompanying the painted altarpiece are niches with statues of the apostles and two plaster groups. The Skeppsholmen parish was discontinued in 1969 when the Navy moved to Muskö, and while the church was secularized in 2002 it is still not determined what the building will be used for instead.[1][2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Skepps- och Kastellholmarna : Skeppsholmskyrkan. Stockholms Sjögård (2006-03-30). Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
- ^ Johan Mårtelius (1999). "Södra Innerstaden", Guide till Stockholms arkitektur, 2nd ed., Stockholm: Arkitektur förlag, 132. ISBN 91 86050-41-9.
- ^ Skeppsholmskyrkan. Statens fastighetsverk. Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
[edit] See also
- History of Skeppsholmen
- History of Stockholm
[edit] External links
- Karl Johans kyrka på Skeppsholmen. Statens fastighetsverk (2005-06-15). Retrieved on February 1, 2007.
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