Adolf Fredrik Church - Stockholm, Sweden
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Adolf Fredrik Church is a church in central Stockholm, Sweden.
Waymark Code: WMME19
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date Posted: 09/07/2014
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Church was named after Adolf Frederick. It was built in 1768-1774, replacing a wooden chapel from 1674, which was dedicated to Saint Olof.
Its cemetery is where René Descartes was first buried in 1650, before his remains were moved to France. Inside the church a memorial to the memory of Descartes was installed by Gustav III. Other famous people buried in the church cemetery include Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was assassinated only a block from the church, Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting, physicist Carl Benedicks, and the composer Anders Eliasson.