Trinity Church, Kristianstad
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Trinity Church ({{langx|sv|Heliga trefaldighetskyrkan}}) is a church building in Kristianstad, Sweden, built between 1617 and 1628 by Christian IV of Denmark. He had founded the city of Kristianstad in 1614 at a time when Scania was part of the Kingdom of Denmark. The church's large size and style reveal the king's ambitions for his new city.[http://www.sydsverige.dk/?pageID=153 Heliga Trefaldighets kyrka. From Syssverige.dk. Danish.] Retrieved 18 December 2009.
Architecture
File:Trefoldighedskirken indre 2.jpg
Designed by the Flemish-Danish architect, Lorenz van Steenwinckel, the grand building is widely considered by many to be Scandinavia's finest Renaissance church. Its extensive nave is able to accommodate congregations of up to 1,400. Like many Danish churches of the times, it is built of red brick. But this church is decorated with many sandstone statues and ornaments, including several monograms of Christian IV, testifying to his involvement.
The well-preserved interior is decked with star-shaped cross vaults, supported by pillars of granite. Trinity Church has been little altered since it was built. The main addition is its 59-meter-tall tower constructed in 1865. The church is pleasantly and abundantly illuminated thanks to its 26 tall windows.
The entrance through the western tower opens into a six-bay nave, with wide aisles, terminating in a projecting eastern sanctuary. The vaults are covered with a cross-gabled roof, with large ornamented gables on the north and south sides.[https://books.google.com/books?id=zKH3j0X8mgcC&dq=trinity+church+architecture+kristianstad&pg=PA115 Marian Card Donnelly: Architecture in the Scandinavian countries. From Google Books.] Retrieved 20 December 2009.
Furnishings and decorations
The pulpit, which is sculpted in Belgian and Italian marble, shows Christ and the four evangelists. The impressive canopy hanging above the pulpit weighs almost a ton.
The Baroque organ case survives, including the case pipes, from German-born Johan Lorentz's {{cite web |url=http://www.musikhistoriskmuseum.dk/reg/lorentzx.htm |title=Johan Lorentz |accessdate=2009-12-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050912192522/http://www.musikhistoriskmuseum.dk/reg/lorentzx.htm |archivedate=2005-09-12 }} 1630 organ, but the organ itself has been replaced. The present organ is used both for concerts and church services.[http://www.skane.com/cmarter/cmarter.asp?doc=2505&tprodid=91732 Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan. From Skåne.com.]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} In Swedish. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
The delicately carved benches are as old as the church itself.[http://rlttravels.blogspot.com/2007/04/toves-walking-tour-of-kristianstad.html Tove's Walking Tour of Kristianstad.] Retrieved 20 December 2009.
Gallery
File:Trinity church, Kristianstad.jpg|Photograph from the south, c. 1900
File:Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan interiör 1.jpg|Interior with chandalier
File:Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan orgeln.jpg|1630 organ case with original pipes
File:Heliga Trefaldighetskyrkan, portal.jpg|Main entrance through the tower
References
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{{Churches in Scania}}
Category:Churches in Skåne County
Category:Churches in the Diocese of Lund
Category:17th-century Church of Sweden church buildings
Category:Churches completed in 1628
Category:17th-century establishments in Scania
Category:Brick buildings and structures in Sweden