Beautifully situated in the middle of Gustaf Adolf Park in Östermalm lies Gustaf Adolf Church, named after King Gustav II Adolf and inaugurated on the anniversary of his death in 1892, in the presence of Oscar II, Crown Prince Gustaf, Prince Carl, and Prince Eugen. Originally owned by the officer corps of the Svea and Göta Life Guards, the church was purchased in 1964 by the Oscars parish and thus became the parish church that it is today.

Architectural Details of the Gustaf Adolf Church

The church was originally constructed between 1890 and 1892, according to designs by Carl Möller, as a garrison church for the nearby Svea Life Guards, and significant portions of the masonry and woodwork were carried out by the regiment’s own personnel.

Architect Möller designed a brick church in Neo-Gothic style, albeit on a somewhat smaller scale. However, the plan of the building, oriented east-west, is asymmetric in Anglo-Saxon influence, with a lower side nave to the north featuring a square tower in the northwest that houses the church’s main entrance. The sacristy was placed in the northwest, and to the southwest, the vestibule protrudes.