As Södermalm's population grew, it was agreed in the mid 17th century to split Maria Magdalena parish and build a new church. Katarina Kyrka, completed in...

During his church-destroying spree after the Reformation in 1527, Gustav Vasa tore down the chapel that had stood on this site since the 1300s. His son,...

The copper spire of this brick 16th-century church across from Central Station rises from a cluster of dull, box-like 1960s buildings. St Clara Kyrka was...

This newly renovated, red church overlooking Kungsträdgården was commissioned in 1588 by King Johan III. The project was abandoned four years later when...

The conversion of Katarinastation, a former power station, into Stockholm's first mosque led to heated architectural debates. Prior to its inauguration in...

At the height of the Hanseatic League, when Stockholm had strong trade links with Germany, many German merchants settled in this area of Gamla Stan. They...