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Uppsala Cathedral

Local Name

Uppsala domkyrka

Contact

59 51 '29 "North
17 37 '58 "East / 59.858056, 17.632778

Country

Sweden

City

Uppsala

Worship

Lutheran

Type

Cathedral

Work Completed

1827

Location

Geolocation on the map: Sweden

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The Cathedral of Uppsala in Swedish) is (with that of Trondheim ), the largest cathedral in northern Europe. It is also the main religious edifice of the Church of Sweden.

The cathedral is 119 m long and two arrows, too, high of 119 m.

It hosts the remains of several important figures in history as the rulers of Sweden Eric IX Saint and Gustav Vasa , but also the first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden Laurentius Petri , or the naturalist Carl Linnaeus.

History

Construction of the cathedral began around 1270 until his consecration in 1435 (although the work was not fully completed). In 1287, King of France Philip IV the Fair allows Stonemason Stephen Bonneuil to visit Sweden, where the Archbishop of Uppsala, Magnus Booson, hope it works at the site of its new cathedral. Etienne Bonneuil will give the Gothic character to it, like the French Gothic cathedrals.

Astronomus Petrus, a monk of the monastery of Vadstena, built in 1506, an astronomical clock for the cathedral. It was repeatedly devastated by flames, including the city fire in 1702 destroyed the astronomical clock. Although rebuilt in the early eighteenth century century by the architect Carl Hrleman , it was extensively restored in the nineteenth century century (1885-1893), under the direction of architect Helgo Zettervall.

It is dedicated to Saints Lawrence of Rome , very popular in the late Middle Ages in Sweden, Olaf and Eric IX of Sweden , patron saint of Sweden.

Memorial to Dag Hammarskjld

Found in the cathedral a monument in honor of Dag Hammarskjld , former UN Secretary General , Nobel Peace prize in 1957. It says:

Icke utan jag mig i gud - Dag Hammarskjold - 1905 - 1961 ("Not me, but God in me")

Royal Necropolis

The cathedral contains several royal tombs including three kings of Sweden:

Eric IX of Sweden (c. 1120 - May 18, 1160), King of Sweden
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (September 24, 1513 to September 23, 1535), queen of Sweden - (First wife of Gustav Vasa )
Marguerite Lejonhufvud ⁽¹ January 1516 - August 26, 1551), Queen of Sweden - (second wife of Gustav Vasa )
Gustav I Vasa (May 12, 1496 to September 29, 1560), King of Sweden
Catherine Jagiello ⁽¹ November 1526 - September 16, 1583), Queen of Sweden - (First wife of John III Vasa )
John III of Sweden (December 20, 1537 to November 27, 1592), King of Sweden
Gunilla Bielke (June 25, 1568 to July 19, 1597), queen of Sweden - (second wife of John III Vasa )
Catherine Stenbock (July 22, 1535 to December 13, 1621), queen of Sweden - (Third wife of Gustav Vasa )

Other people buried

Laurentius Petri (1499 - October 27, 1573), First Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden
Olof Rudbeck (September 13, 1630 to December 12, 1702), Swedish naturalist
Magnus Stenbock (August 12, 1664 to February 23, 1717), Swedish military
Emanuel Swedenborg (January 29, 1688 to March 29, 1772), scientist , theologian and philosopher Swedish
Carl von Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 to January 10, 1778), naturalist Swedish
Carl von Linn the Younger (January 20, 1741 - November ^1, 1783), Swedish naturalist - (son of Carl von Linn )
Sara Elisabeth Moraea (June 24 or April 26, 1716 to April 20, 1806) - (wife of Carl von Linn )
Lars Olof Jonathan Sderblom (January 15, 1866 to July 12, 1931), Swedish pastor, Archbishop of Uppsala and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1930

Image Gallery

South facade of the cathedral between 1619 and 1702
South facade of the cathedral between 1747 and 1886
Cathedral in 1770
And 1880
Suede front of the cathedral in 1892
Plan of the cathedral in 1770
Exterior # 1
Exterior # 2
The two towers of the cathedral (view # 1)
The two towers of the cathedral (view # 2)
Main entrance of the cathedral
Gate
Interior view of nave # 1
Interior view of nave # 2
Interior view of nave # 3
Interior view of vaults No. 1
Interior view of vaults No. 2
Interior view of vaults # 3
Altar of the cathedral
Hunting Eric IX of Sweden
Tomb of Gustav Vasa and his first two wives, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg and Marguerite Lejonhufvud
Tomb of Catherine Jagiello
Tomb of John III of Sweden
Tomb of Emanuel Swedenborg
Headstone of Linnaeus, father and son