Oscar Fredrik Church

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Oscar Fredrik Church
Oscar Fredriks kyrka
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Oscar Fredrik Church in August 2005
Oscar Fredrik Church
Location Olivedal
Country Sweden
Denomination Church of Sweden
Administration
Diocese Gothenburg
Parish Oscar Fredrik

Oscar Fredrik Church (Swedish : Oscar Fredriks kyrka) is a church in Olivedal in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was drawn by Helgo Zetterwall and erected in the 1890s. Belonging to the Gothenburg Oscar Fredrik Parish of the Church of Sweden (Swedish: Svenska Kyrkan), it was opened on Easter Sunday 1893. [1] The style is Neo Gothic, but the influence is not the Nordic gothic style but rather the style one can find in the large cathedrals in continental Europe. The church and the parish got its name from king Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik being his full name).

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References

  1. "Oscar Fredriks kyrka" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

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