Cosy and Striking: Stockholm Cathedral
The Great Church, Storkyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden Dedicated to St Nicholas, the large church in the centre of Stockholm is popularly called Storkyrkan, and more informally still, Stockholm Cathedral. Tradition has it that it was originally built by the legendary founder of the city, Birger Jarl, and it’s first mentioned in written sources in 1279. Interestingly, it was the only parish…