Oscar Parish

Oscar Parish (Swedish: Oscars församling) is a parish in Östermalm's church district (kontrakt) in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. The parish is located in Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County. The parish forms its own pastorship.

Oscar Parish Oscars församling
Parish
Oscar's Church
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Coordinates: 59°20′01″N 18°05′39″E
Country	Sweden
Municipality	Stockholm Municipality
Religious congregation	Church of Sweden
Diocese	Archdiocese of Uppsala (–1942) Diocese of Stockholm (1942–)
Founded	1 May 1906
Population  (31 December 2018)[1]
• Total	39,045
Parish code	018012 (1952-01-01–1966-12-31) and 018011 (1967-01-01–)[2]
Pastorship code	130203[2]
Website	www.svenskakyrkan.se/oscarsforsamling

History

Oscar Parish was formed on 1 May 1906 by a break from Hedvig Eleonora Parish and has since formed its own pastorship. The name was Oskar until 1962 when it was changed to Oscar.^[2] There are five churches in Oscar Parish:; Oscar's Church, Gustaf Adolf Church, Djurgårdskyrkan, Olaus Petri Church and Oscars Lillkyrka.^[3] Since 2002, the Oscar Parish has had a well-developed exchange of friends with Martin Luther Kirchengemeinde in Zeuthen, Berlin, Germany.^[4]

Location

Oscar Parish includes parts of Östermalm, Gärdet, Frihamnen and southern Djurgården.^[4]

References

1. "Medlemmar i Svenska kyrkan i förhållande till folkmängd den 31.12.2018 per församling, kommun och län samt riket" (PDF) (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. 31 December 2018. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
2. "Sveriges församlingar genom tiderna - O" (in Swedish). Swedish Tax Agency. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
3. "Våra kyrkor" [Our churches] (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
4. "Församlingsinformation 2014 - Oscars församling" (in Swedish). Stockholm: Church of Sweden. 2015-05-25. p. 2. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

Further reading

• Corin, Carl-Fredrik, ed. (1956). Oscars församling 50 år: minnesskrift (in Swedish). Stockholm: [Oscars församl.] SELIBR 1769950.
• Rengmyr Lövgren, Birgitta; Forsberg, Katarina, eds. (2006). Oscars församling 100 år: minnesskrift 1956-2006 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Oscars församling. SELIBR 10174379.
• Oscars 90 år (in Swedish). Stockholm: Oscars församling. 1996. SELIBR 2320352.

External links

• Official website (in Swedish)