Filadelfiakyrkan

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Distinguish|Filadelfiakirken Oslo}} {{Infobox church | name = Filadelfia Church | full_name = | other_name = | native_name = Filadelfiakyrkan | native_name_lang = Swedish | image = Filadelfiakyrkan stockholm.JPG | image_size = 200px | imagelink = | alt = | landscape = | caption = Filadelfiakyrkan in May 2010 | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | relief = | map_caption = | osgraw = | location = Stockholm | country = Sweden | denomination = Swedish Pentecostal Movement | previous_denomination = | churchmanship = | website = | former_name = | founded = | founder = | dedication = | dedicated = | consecrated = 2 November 1930 | events = | status = | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | designated = | architect = | architectural_type = | style = | groundbreaking = | completed = | construction_cost = | closed = | demolished = | capacity = | length = | width = | height = | materials = | parish = Philadelphia Stockholm | deanery = | archdeaconry = | archdiocese = | metropolis = | diocese = | province = | district = | division = | archbishop = | bishop = | dean = | succentor = | rector = | vice-rector = | vicar = | priest = | pastor = | abbot = | embedded = }} '''{{Lang|sv|Filadelfiakyrkan}}''' ('the Philadelphia Church') is a Pentecostal church building at Rörstrandsgatan 7 in Stockholm, Sweden; it was dedicated on 2 November 1930.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hampus Busk, Olle Larsson, Lars Andersson|date=2019|title=Filadelfia|url=https://issuu.com/sisyfosgruppen/docs/filadelfia_web_lr|publisher=Sisyfos Group|page=28|language=Swedish|accessdate=12 February 2021|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180615/https://issuu.com/sisyfosgruppen/docs/filadelfia_web_lr|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Filadelfiaförsamlingens historia|url=https://www.filadelfiakyrkan.se/?m=193|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121064841/https://www.filadelfiakyrkan.se/?m=193|archive-date=2019-01-21|publisher=Filadelfia Stockholm|language=sv|accessdate=8 January 2015}}</ref> The building is owned by the Filadelfia Stockholm congregation, the largest congregation in the Swedish Pentecostal movement<ref>{{Cite book|title=Pingströrelsens årsbok 2016|isbn=978-91-977211-9-6|editor-last=Wahlström|editor-first=Magnus|location=Stockholm}}</ref> with about 5,400 members as of 2015. It is also the largest Pentecostal congregation in Europe.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}

The Stockholm City Museum has listed the building as having a particularly high historical and cultural value.<ref>{{Cite web|title=dpWebmap|url=http://kartor.stockholm.se/bios/dpwebmap/cust_sth/kul/klassificering/DPWebMap.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-21|website=kartor.stockholm.se|language=sv|archive-date=2021-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513001145/http://kartor.stockholm.se/bios/dpwebmap/cust_sth/kul/klassificering/DPWebMap.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Stadsmuseets kulturhistoriska klassificering - Stadsmuseet|url=https://stadsmuseet.stockholm.se/om-hus2/klassificering-och-k-markning/stadsmuseets-kulturhistoriska-klassificering/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628002256/https://stadsmuseet.stockholm.se/om-hus2/klassificering-och-k-markning/stadsmuseets-kulturhistoriska-klassificering/|archive-date=2021-06-28|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Stadsmuseet|language=sv}}</ref>

The church building is next to Rörstrand Castle, where Kaggeholm Folk High School has been located since 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Slott kan säljas för att bygga om Filadelfiakyrkan i Stockholm|url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/stockholm/slott-kan-saljas--for-att-bygga-om-filadelfiakyrkan/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519213158/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/stockholm/slott-kan-saljas--for-att-bygga-om-filadelfiakyrkan/|archive-date=2021-05-19|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Expressen|language=sv}}</ref> In connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, the church building was completely remodeled for over 100 million SEK.

== Building description == The church was built in 1929–1930<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filadelfiakyrkan Filadelfiakyrkan Stockholm|url=https://www.filadelfiakyrkan.se/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630055125/https://www.filadelfiakyrkan.se/|archive-date=2021-06-30|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Filadelfiakyrkan|language=sv-SE}}</ref> according to plans by architect Birger Jonson and was constructed by Karl Ljungberg's construction company and consecrated on 2 November 1930.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=Filadelfia - en mötesplats|url=https://issuu.com/sisyfosgruppen/docs/filadelfia_web_lr|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908180615/https://issuu.com/sisyfosgruppen/docs/filadelfia_web_lr|archive-date=2021-09-08|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Issuu|language=sv}}</ref> The church was built on the old factory site of Rörstrand Porcelain, where part of the Rörstrand castle was demolished. The property designation {{Lang|sv|Stengodset 2}} ('Stoneware') is a reminder of the former operations. A remnant of the castle can be found next to the eastern façade of the church. Filadelfiakyrkan was designed by Birger Jonsson in a strict functionalist style and is considered one of the breakthroughs of the architectural style in Sweden, with Jonsson as one of its foremost representatives.

Filadelfiakyrkan has a slightly arched grey whitewashed brick façade and a powerfully shaped foyer. The large room is also used for concerts.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sörenson|first=Ulf|title=Vägvisare till Stockholm : en kulturguide|date=2009|publisher=Lind & Co|others=Göran Söderström|isbn=978-91-85801-62-6|location=Stockholm|pages=345|language=sv|oclc=476728310}}</ref> The sanctuary is shaped like an auditorium with a wide stage and two rows of seating above each other. The room is designed to create good acoustics, which is achieved by a curved ceiling surface and an auditorium that is wider at the back and tapers towards the stage. The exterior reflects the form of the sanctuary in a curved main façade facing Rörstrandsgatan. The wide entrance area with heavy granite columns also announces an assembly hall.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Andersson|first=Henrik O.|title=Stockholms byggnader : en bok om architektur och stadtsbild i Stockholm|date=1988|publisher=Bokförlaget Prisma|others=Fredric Bedoire|isbn=91-518-1841-8|location=Stockholm|pages=379, 824|language=sv|oclc=28913139}}</ref>

The purchase of Rörstrand Castle and the construction of the Filadelfiakyrkan were initiated by pastor Lewi Pethrus, who was the first leader of the congregation and the undisputed leader of the young Pentecostal movement in Sweden. Filadelfiakyrkan is the second largest free church building in Europe and was for many years the largest gathering place in Stockholm. When it was built, it seated 3,500 people; today it seats 2,200, making it the second-largest free church building in Europe after the Livets Ord building in Uppsala, which seats about 6,200 people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-09|title=Livets Ord - Församlingen|url=http://old.livetsord.se/default.aspx?idStructure=160|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109163331/http://old.livetsord.se/default.aspx?idStructure=160|archive-date=2015-01-09|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Livets Ord|language=sv}}</ref>

For the dedication of the church, the congregation's musical director, Karl-Erik Svedlund, wrote a cantata for orchestra, choir and soloists. Einar Ekberg, soloist in the congregation, wrote a setting of the 32nd Psalm for the dedication, which he also performed for the first time at the dedication.

The church space has also been used for concerts. On one occasion, the Nobel Prize was awarded in the church while the Stockholm Concert Hall was being renovated.

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==External links== *[http://www.filadelfia.nu/ Filadelfia Stockholm] {{in lang|sv}} {{Commons category-inline|Filadelfiakyrkan, Stockholm}}

Category:20th-century Pentecostal church buildings Category:Churches in Stockholm Category:Pentecostal churches in Sweden Category:Churches completed in 1930 Category:1930 establishments in Sweden Category:1930s establishments in Stockholm