The Church of Saint Clare or Klara Church ( Swedish : Klara kyrka ) is a church in central Stockholm . Since 1989, the Swedish Evangelical Mission is responsible for its activities.
7-503: The Church of Saint Clare is located on Klara Västra Kyrkogata in the Klara area in lower Norrmalm . The Klara area (also known in Swedish as Klarakvarteren) takes its name from the church. This name has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm. The Convent and Church of St. Clare was founded on the site in 1280s. In 1527, Gustav Vasa , King of Sweden, had
14-504: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a church building or other Christian place of worship in Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Klara (Stockholm) 59°19′55″N 18°03′04″E / 59.33181°N 18.05111°E / 59.33181; 18.05111 Klara ( Swedish : Klarakvarteren or the Klara quarters )
21-448: Is a part of lower Norrmalm in the central part of Stockholm . It has its name from Klara Church . Today the name, though not often used in daily speech, has become synonymous with the old city that once occupied lower Norrmalm. In the 1800s and early 1900s, the Klara area was characterized by old, cheap housing and many small shops and workshops. It was known for being home to several Swedish newspapers, bars, and cheap hotels, and
28-475: The 1880s and is 116 metres (381 ft) tall. The church contains a 35-bell carillon , which was cast by the Bergholtz Bellfoundry [ sv ] in 1965. Composer Carl Ludvig Lithander was organist of the church 1801–1814. 59°19′52″N 18°03′42″E / 59.33111°N 18.06167°E / 59.33111; 18.06167 This Stockholm -related article
35-468: The church and convent torn down. Construction of the current church started in 1577 and finished in 1590 under Johan III . 2 master-builders and architects Henrik van Huwen and Willem Boy from the Netherlands were tasked with its construction. The graveyard which is almost surrounded now by modern buildings was started in the 17th century. The church tower was built as part of restoration work in
42-508: The church, lighting a cigarette . During the 1950s and 1960s, Klara went through an extensive urban renewal project. The area's old, small-scale, irregular, and often run-down homes and shops were torn down and replaced by major roads and large, modern office blocs. The Klara demolitions have subsequently come to be viewed as a particularly notorious example of the large-scale urban redevelopment projects that erased many pre-modern city centers in mid-century Sweden. This article about
49-472: Was consequently also an area frequented by writers, journalists, and poets. "The Klara Bohemians " was a name given to an amorphous group of writers and poets in the 1930s and 1940s, who lived in the area or lingered at its bars and cafés, hoping to sell articles or poems to newspaper editors. The most well-known of the Klara Bohemians, poet Nils Ferlin , is today depicted in statue form close to
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