Talk:Riddarholmskyrkan

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Does anyone know if the spire really was added during the reign of John II? Shouldn't it be John III, he rebuilt a lot of churches and castles.

Not sure, will check it out.

By the way, this article looks exactly the same as this website: http://www.encyclopedia-glossary.com/en/Riddarholmskyrkan.html

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according to the Swedish Wikipedia, the foundation of the Spire was laid (some sort of new hall was added) in the 15th century, possibly by Johan II, but the spire itself wasn't added until 16th century by Johan III.

I can't confirm this with any official sources right now, not even the official Swedish Royals page described it, but I'll keep looking

Fred26 13:59, September 9, 2005 (UTC)

The following text in Swedish, taken from a pdf ( http://www.ukforsk.se/svenparm/Sv6/Sv6-S-gard.pdf ) found through Googling (I haven't scrutinized the origins of the text), says that the design for the spire was ordered by the king in 1584, and that building commenced in 1589. This would make the king in question John III of Sweden.

Till det gamla franciskanerklostrets kyrka i Stockholm, som genomgått en fullständig ombyggnad åren 1568-1576, beordrade kungen 1581 borgmästaren att där låta bygga en hög och vacker spira. Ritningen behagade inte kungen. Den 24 mars 1584 skrev han till Vilhelm Boy och beordrade honom att göra ändringar. Utförandet av Vilhelm Boys förslag blev fördröjt till 1589. Genom en skrivelse den 6 januari detta år tillsades borgmöstare Olof Gregersson att låta bygga tornspiran efter Boys förslag och klä den med koppar. Tornspiran var enkel, smal och 291 fot höjd. Den förstördes 1835 av ett blixtnedslag.

This is supported by Guide till Stockholms Arkitektur which says that the tower building was added 1569-1590, although it does not explicitly mention the spire. / Alarm 23:02, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm currently browsing through the Biography of Johan III by author Lars Ericson (ISBN 9185057479) There are references to "Willem Boy" (yes Willem according to the book) being contracted to first and foremost build royal tombs in Riddarholmskyrkan and to improve the old royal tombs. This included the new resting place for Gustav Vasa and his wives, and later it would include Johans wife Katarina. Willem Boy worked sporadicly from the time of Erik XIV to the time of Johan III in association with another architect called Arendt Palardin. It says that "their work was finished in 1590 but it doesn't say very plain if they worked on the spire itself or if it was added later. I've only skimmed the book but found no (logical) reference to a spire. Perhaps we should investigate this Arendt Palardin to see what he was involved with and draw some clues from there?

Fred26 15:18, September 10, 2005 (UTC)