Saint James’s Church

Saint James's Church is a church in central , , dedicated to apostle Saint James the Greater, patron saint of travellers. It is often mistakenly called St Jacob's.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: Church of Sweden church building in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Saint James’s Church, Stockholm” and “Sankt Jacobs kyrka”
  • Address: Stockholm

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stockholm Central Station and King’s Garden.

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, Stockholms centralstation, is 's busiest rail station, in the Norrmalm district of . It is directly connected to the Cityterminalen bus station, the Stockholm City commuter train station and the T-Centralen metro station, with a tram stop.

Park
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Kungsträdgården is a in central , . It is colloquially known as Kungsan. The park's central location and its outdoor cafés makes it one of the most popular hangouts and meeting places in Stockholm.

Museum
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is the national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula in central . The museum's operations stretch far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, including the National Portrait Gallery collection at , the Gustavsberg porcelain museum, several castle collections and the Swedish Institute in Paris. is situated 490 metres southeast of Saint James’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Klara and Blasieholmen.

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.

Locality
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is a peninsula in central , Sweden. It is located east of . Originally a small island, named Käpplingen, it became a peninsula, connected to , during the 17th century.

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, also known as City, is the central borough of , bordering to to the east at Birger Jarlsgatan, the Old Town to the south, to the south-west, and Vasastan north-west of Tegnérgatan.

Saint James’s Church

Latitude
59.33044° or 59° 19′ 50″ north
Longitude
18.07047° or 18° 4′ 14″ east
Inception
1643
Open location code
9FFW83JC+55
Open­Street­Map ID
way 16108404
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q1477827
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tornedalen Finnish—“Saint James’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣雅各堂”
  • Dutch: “Saint James’s Church”
  • Esperanto: “Kirko de Sankta Jakobo”
  • Finnish: “Jakobin kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Jaakobin kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Sankt Jacobs kyrka”
  • French: “église Saint-Jacques de Stockholm”
  • French: “Église Saint-Jacques de Stockholm”
  • French: “église Saint-Jacques”
  • German: “Jakobskirche”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Giacomo”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Giacomo”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Jacobs kirke”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Jakuba w Sztokholmie”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santiago, Estocolmo”
  • Swedish: “Jacobs kyrka”
  • Swedish: “Jakobs kyrka”
  • Swedish: “S:t Jacobs kyrka”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Jacobs kyrka”
  • Tornedalen Finnish: “Sankt Jacobs kyrka”

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