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Lund Cathedral (Swedish: Lunds domkyrka) is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Sweden in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the Bishop of Lund and the main church of the Diocese of Lund . It was built as the Catholic cathedral of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries , dedicated to Saint Lawrence .
Lund Cathedral was similarly founded in or shortly after 1103. In 1152, the Norwegian archdiocese of Nidaros was founded as a separate province of the church, independent of Lund. In 1164 Sweden also acquired an archbishop of its own, although he was nominally subordinate to the archbishop of Lund.
Lund Cathedral in c. 1870, before Helgo Zettervall's changes to the western end of the building. Sculpture in Dalby Church of Egino, Bishop of Lund 1062–1075. Absalon's gravestone in the monastery church in Sorø, Denmark, Absalon was Archbishop of Lund 1177–1201.
A cathedral church is a Christian place of worship which is the chief, or 'mother' church of a diocese and is distinguished as such by being the location for the cathedra or bishop's seat. In the strictest sense, only those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy possess cathedrals.
Katedralskolan (Lund Cathedral School) is a school in Lund, Sweden.It was founded in 1085 by the Danish king Canute the Saint.It is the oldest school in Scandinavia and one of the oldest schools in Northern Europe.
The Diocese of Lund (Swedish: Lunds stift) is a diocese within the Church of Sweden which corresponds to the provinces of Blekinge and Skåne. There are 217 parishes within the diocese, the most significant number in any of the dioceses of the Church of Sweden. The present bishop of Lund, Johan Tyrberg, [3] succeeded Antje Jackelén in 2014.
All Saints Church (Swedish: Allhelgonakyrkan) is a church in Lund, Sweden. Belonging to the Lunds All Saints Parish (Lunds Allhelgonaförsamling) of the Diocese of Lund, it was opened on All Saints' Day 1891. [1] It is situated roughly 600 meters north of Lund Cathedral. [2] [3]
A drawing of Lund Cathedral as it appeared in 1750. Its construction began in the 11th century. A similar legend exists in the Swedish town of Lund, where a troll or giant is supposed to have helped with the construction of Lund Cathedral. Two statues in the crypt of the cathedral are said to be the petrified remains of the legendary creature ...