Holy Trinity Church

Gävle, Sweden

The current Holy Trinity Church in Gävle was inaugurated in 1654. It replaced the medieval church destroyed by fire. It was restored in 1728 and the tower was added in 1779-1781. The church is best known of its altar and pulpit made by Ewerdt Friis (died in 1672). He is buried to the church. There is also a runestone called Söderbystenen in the porch. It was carved in the mid-1000s in honor of Egil, who was killed in a foray to Finland.

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Kyrkogatan 2C, Gävle, Sweden
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Founded: 1654
Category: Religious sites in Sweden
Historical period: Swedish Empire (Sweden)

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che fijate (6 years ago)
Cool
Tomas Bergström (6 years ago)
Against stupidity, even the gods fight in vain
David Hedin (6 years ago)
Genuinely Catholic parish of many nationalities with father Chikezie delivering constantly impactful preachings.
Paweł Niewiadomski (6 years ago)
Charismatic farorz. He tries to bring Catholics from various corners of the world together as a cake after the service.
David Nilsson (6 years ago)
Catholics, guard the kids!
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