Härnösand Cathedral, Härnösand, Sweden

Härnösand city's first church was built 1593. In 1721 the church was burned down by Russian troops, and a new church was erected, and that church was eventually destroyed. The present church was completed in 1846 and built according to plans by John Hawerman. The present church is located in the same location as the original and is Sweden's smallest cathedral.

The altar painting is by David von Coln. The organ was built in 1975 by the Danish firm of Bruno Christenssen and has 57 stops. The organ facade is from the 1700s Cahman organ that was saved from the original church. The baptismal font is a Spanish rococo work in silver and manufactured 1777.

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Lena Wilhelmsson (4 years ago)
Calm beautiful church, was in and lit a candle and sat for a while in the pew ?

Carla södervall (4 years ago)
Nice company Nice service

Rickard Johansson (4 years ago)
Jätte fin! Mysig liten Domkyrka vi har ❤️

Evy Grön (4 years ago)
Lyssnade på en fantastisk krönikör. En underbar, vacker kyrka

Olle Karlsson (4 years ago)
My first visit to this cathedral, well worth a visit.

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