Sweden

The largest cathedral in the Nordic region, begun around 1270 with the French master builder Estienne de Bonneuil and consecrated in 1435, measuring 118.7 meters in both height and length. It serves as the seat of the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden and houses the reliquary of Saint Erik, patron saint of Sweden. Following the city fire of 1702, the cathedral underwent a Gothic Revival restoration from 1885 to 1893 that added its tall twin spires.

Domkyrkoplan, Uppsala

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The sole cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm (whose jurisdiction encompasses the entire Kingdom of Sweden) situated on Medborgarplatsen in the Soedermalm district of Stockholm, originally built in Neo-Romanesque style by architect Axel Gillberg between 1890 and October 9, 1892, elevated to cathedral rank in 1953 as the first Catholic cathedral in Sweden since the sixteenth-century Reformation, and expanded in 1983 by architects Hans Westman and Ylva Lenormand.

Sole Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm (covering the entire Kingdom of Sweden) and Protected Historical Urban Monument of StockholmMedborgarplatsen Square, Folkungagatan 46, Soedermalm Island, 118 26 Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden

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The largest and principal synagogue of the Jewish Community of Stockholm, designed in a pioneering Ancient Near Eastern and Assyrian-Orientalist style by royal architect Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander and consecrated on September 16, 1870 beside Berzelii Park in central Norrmalm, renowned for its gilded Hebrew facade inscriptions, its sky-lit 900-seat sanctuary, and the 1998 Holocaust Memorial Wall of 8,500 names adjoining Raoul Wallenberg Square.

Protected National Architectural Monument of the Kingdom of Sweden (Byggnadsminne, designated in 1991) and Central Synagogue of the Jewish Community of StockholmWahrendorffsgatan 3B (adjacent to Berzelii Park), Norrmalm District, 111 47 Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden

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The oldest and grandest Romanesque cathedral in the Nordic countries located in the university city of Lund in southern Sweden, formerly the metropolitan archiepiscopal seat for all of Scandinavia from 1104 and consecrated on September 1, 1145 after designs by the Lombard architect Donatus, world-famous for its 1123 columned crypt with the stone figure of Giant Finn, the fifteenth-century astronomical clock Horologium mirabile Lundense, and the historic 2016 joint ecumenical commemoration by Pope Francis and the Lutheran World Federation.

Cathedral of the Diocese of Lund in the Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan), Former Medieval Metropolitan See of All Scandinavia (from 1104), and Premier National Heritage Monument of SwedenKyrkogatan 6 (Domkyrkoplatsen), 222 22 Lund, Skane County, Southern Kingdom of Sweden

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The motherhouse of the Bridgettine Order (Order of the Most Holy Savior) and Sweden's premier pilgrimage sanctuary standing on the eastern shore of Lake Vaettern in Oestergoetland, founded upon the 1346 royal estate donation of King Magnus Eriksson according to the architectural visions of Saint Birgitta of Sweden (1303 to 1373, Co-Patroness of Europe) and consecrated on February 16, 1430 as the gothic Blue Church (Blaakyrkan), where the medieval reliquary shrine containing the relics of Saint Birgitta and her daughter Saint Catherine of Vadstena remains a living symbol of Lutheran-Catholic spiritual unity.

Premier Pilgrimage Sanctuary of the Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan), Ecumenical Shrine of Saint Birgitta of Sweden (Co-Patroness of Europe), and Protected National Historical Monument of SwedenLasarettsgatan and Klosterledsgatan, Eastern Shore of Lake Vaettern, 592 30 Vadstena, Oestergoetland County, Kingdom of Sweden

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