Hedwig Eleonora Church (Stockholm)

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Hedwig Eleonora Church

The Hedwig Eleonora Church ( Swedish : Hedvig Eleonora kyrka ) is a church building in Stockholm 's Östermalm district . The building was inaugurated on August 21, 1737 and is named after the wife of Karl X. Gustav , Queen Hedwig Eleonora of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf .

history

The local parish had a church on the Blasieholmen peninsula since 1615, where the National Museum is today, but in the time when Charles XI. A new church building was decided in 1664 under guardianship. The city architect Jean de la Vallée created plans for an octagonal building, which were soon shown in Erik Dahlberg's collection Suecia antiqua et hodierna .

The foundation stone was laid in 1669, but work soon ceased as the financial resources ran out. A temporary wooden church was built nearby to replace it. The construction of the Hedwig Eleonora Church resumed in 1725, this time with Göran Josuae Adelcrantz as the architect. Twelve years later the church was ready.

The dome was only built between 1866 and 1868 based on designs by Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander (1816–1881) and its style differs significantly from the substructure. The court architect Bror Carl Malmberg (1818–1877) later made minor changes.

Furnishing

High altar

The “golden altar” was a donation from the industrialist Johan Clason (1667–1747) and was designed by the palace builder Georg Fröman . All Saints' Day was inaugurated in 1747. The altar is decorated with a painting by the artist Georg Engelhard Schröder (1684–1750) and shows Jesus on the cross .

The pulpit , framed by columns, was designed in the classical style based on drawings by court manager Jean Eric Rehn (1717–1793) . It was inaugurated on Christmas Day 1784.

In 1944 a chapel for baptisms was added. The altar in this was a donation from the palace architect Knut Nordenskiöld and the builder Edvin Rundlöf. The stained glass above this altar was designed by Gunnar Torhamn (1894–1965). The red sandstone baptismal font from the island of Öland bears the inscription Erich Pehrson Psilander Brita Andersdotter Dühre Anno 1678 .

The glass windows in the Andreaschor show the eponymous apostle together with the coat of arms of the parish. They are the work of the artist Bengt Olof Kahmen (* 1936). The communion chalice in the baroque style was made in Augsburg in 1650 .

The big bell was cast in Helsingør for Kronborg Castle in 1639 and brought to Sweden as spoils of war by Carl Gustav Wrangel in 1658 . Weighing around 4 tons, it is one of the heaviest church bells in Sweden. There are also two smaller bells and a carillon .

  • pulpit

  • Stained glass window by Gunnar Torhamn

  • Large bell

Organs

View of the organ
Organ console

In 1734 (or 1736) the parish acquired a smaller organ from the nearby Maria Magdalena Church on Södermalm . The organ builder Olof Hedlund (approx. 1707–1749) built this organ between 1736 and 1737 in the Hedwig Eleonora Church, while at the same time creating an eight-part pedal work in free-standing pedal towers on both sides of the manuals . Around 1760 the manuals were sold to the church in Medåker, Västmanland .

In 1762, Jonas Gren & Petter Stråle begin converting the remaining parts into a large organ with new manuals, an expanded pedal mechanism and an additional wind mechanism above the main mechanism . The case was designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz . The next change took place in 1868 under Per Larsson Åkerman, when a new 24-voice organ was added to the existing case. However, the two pedal towers were omitted and various pipes were replaced by mute dummies. In 1908, PL Åkerman & Lund provided the organ with a new wind chest and a pneumatic action . At the same time, the number of voices increases to 37, distributed over three manuals, whereby all previous voices are retained. Another innovation in 1948 was the changeover to an electric action with 69 voices and a free-standing console by the company A. Magnusson from Gothenburg .

A new contract from 1969 with the organ builder Grönlund from Gammelstad made a number of different changes possible in the following years. In 1995 the organ received a computer-aided control system with 6,400 pre-programmable combinations. Despite the changes mentioned, the appearance of the organ case by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz has mainly been preserved.

I Hauptwerk C – g '' '
Principal 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Dubbelflöjt 8th'
Gamba 8th'
Oktava 4 ′
Rörflöjt 4 ′
Oktava 2 ′
Mixture II
Mixture IV
Sharp III
Grand Cornet V
Trumpet 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
II - I
III - I
II - I 16 '
III - I 16 '
II positive C – g '' '
Borduna 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Flûte harmonique 8th'
Dumped 8th'
Oktava 4 ′
Koppeflöjt 4 ′
Nasard 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′
Oktava 2 ′
Ters 1 3 ⁄ 5  ′
Larigot 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
Mixture III
Cymbel II
Trumpet 8th'
Krumhorn 8th'
Tremulant
III - II
III - II 16 '
III Swell C-g '' '
Fugara 16 ′
Principal 8th'
Rörflöjt 8th'
Salicional 8th'
Voix céleste 8th'
Oktava 4 ′
Flûte octaviante 4 ′
Salicet 4 ′
Waldflöjt 2 ′
Piccolo 1'
Mixture V
Sesquialtera II
Bombard 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
oboe 8th'
Vox humana 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
Tremulant
Pedals C-f '
Bourdon 32 ′
Principal 16 ′
Subbas 16 ′
Oktava 8th'
Borduna 8th'
Oktava 4 ′
Öppen floods 4 ′
Recorder 2 ′
Mixture VI
Bombard 32 ′
Basun 16 ′
Trumpet 8th'
Clairon 4 ′
I - P
II - P
III - P

Musicians of the Hedwig Eleonora Congregation

  • approx. 1890–1906: John Morén († 1932)
  • 1906–1946 (?): GA Ericson
  • 1946–1976: Valdemar Söderholm, choirmaster († 1990)
  • 1966–2001: Torvald Torén, organist († 2001)
  • 1976–1992: Karl Göran Ehntorp, choirmaster
  • 1992–: Pär Fridberg, choirmaster
  • 2003–2006: Mattias Wager, organist
  • 2006 – today: Ulf Norberg, organist

literature

  • Dag W. Edholm: Stockholm - orgelstaden, Historia & nutid, Verbum, Stockholm 1997, ISBN 91-526-2587-7

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ More information about the organ (Swedish)

Web links

Coordinates: 59 ° 20 ′ 7 ″  N , 18 ° 4 ′ 50 ″  E