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Riddarholm Church

Riddarholmen Church is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden. The church serves as the final resting place of most Swedish monarchs.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: burial church of the Swedish kings and was opened approximately in 1300
  • Also known as: “Riddarholmen Church” and “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Riddarholmen and Wrangel Palace.

Islet
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is a small islet in central , Sweden. The island forms part of , the old town, and houses a number of private palaces dating back to the 17th century.

Castle
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is a townhouse mansion on islet in , the old town of , . is situated 100 metres northwest of Riddarholm Church.

Museum
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The is located in the former Stock Exchange Building on the north side of the square in , the old town in central , . is situated 360 metres east of Riddarholm Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gamla stan and Stockholm.

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pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in , containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.

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is 's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within . The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.

Neighborhood
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is a part of lower in the central part of . It has its name from . Today the name, though not often used in daily speech, has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm.

Riddarholm Church

Latitude
59.32468° or 59° 19′ 29″ north
Longitude
18.06458° or 18° 3′ 53″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Inception
1300
Open location code
9FFW83F7+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23841420
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6944471
Wiki­data ID
Q657118
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Riddarholm Church” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ռիդարհոլմենի եկեղեցի”
  • Asturian: “ilesia de Riddarholmen”
  • Asturian: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Azerbaijani: “Riddarholm kilsəsi”
  • Basque: “Riddarholmen eliza”
  • Belarusian: “царква Рыдархольмена”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Рыдархольмена”
  • Catalan: “església de Riddarholm”
  • Catalan: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Chinese: “骑士岛教堂”
  • Croatian: “Riddarholmen (crkva)”
  • Croatian: “Riddarholmen”
  • Czech: “Riddarholmský kostel”
  • Czech: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Danish: “Riddarholmskirken”
  • Danish: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van Riddarholm”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van Riddarholmen”
  • Dutch: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه ريدارهولم”
  • Esperanto: “Riddarholm-preĝejo”
  • Esperanto: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Estonian: “Riddarholmeni kirik”
  • Finnish: “Riddarholmenin kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • French: “église de Riddarholm”
  • French: “Église de Riddarholmen”
  • French: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Galician: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • German: “Riddarholmkirche”
  • German: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία του Ρίνταρχολμεν”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית רידרהולם”
  • Hungarian: “Riddarholm-templom”
  • Hungarian: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Riddarholmen”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Riddarholmen”
  • Japanese: “リッダーホルム教会”
  • Japanese: “リッダルホルム教会”
  • Lithuanian: “Ridarholmo bažnyčia”
  • Lithuanian: “Riddarholmo bažnyčia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Norwegian: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Persian: “کلیسای ریدارهولمن”
  • Polish: “Kościół na Riddarholmen”
  • Polish: “Kościół Riddarholmen w Sztokholmie”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Riddarholmen”
  • Portuguese: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Russian: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Russian: “Церковь Риддархольмена - королевская усыпальница”
  • Russian: “церковь Риддархольмена”
  • Russian: “Церковь Риддархольмена”
  • Slovenian: “riddarholmska cerkev”
  • Slovenian: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Riddarholmen”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Riddarholmen”
  • Spanish: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Swedish: “Gråbrödrakyrkan”
  • Swedish: “Riddarholmskyrkan”
  • Thai: “โบสถ์ริดดาร์ฮ็อลเมน”
  • Turkish: “Riddarholm Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ріддаргольменська церква”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Riddarholmen”
  • Welsh: “Riddarholmskyrkan”

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