St. Nicholas Cathedral
Trå ngsund 1, 111 29 Stockholm
Description:
The church was first mentioned in 1279 by Knight Johan Carlsson, who in his will bestowed one stamp of silver on the “Stockholm Grand Church”.
St. John's. Nicholas was the coronation site of Swedish kings. The last was the coronation of Oscar II, which took place here in 1873.
The cathedral building is a sample of Swedish neo-Gothic architecture. In the internal architecture used elements of brick Gothic. In the cathedral there is a large number of artistic masterpieces. One of them is a medieval wooden statue of St. George and the Dragon. There is also a copy of the painting “False Sun”, made in 1632. The original painting, created in 1535 and representing the oldest image of Stockholm, was lost.