Sofia Albertina Church

Sofia Albertina Church is the second and cutting-edge church in Landskrona, Scania, Sweden. Belonging to the Landskrona Parish of the Church of Sweden, it became inaugurated in 1788 and completely finished in 1816. It is taken into consideration a unprecedented church building, inside the recognize that it has towers with out being a Bishop's church.

The church become in the beginning designed with the aid of Carl Harleman, as perhaps his ultimate more venture. Harleman died in 1753, the equal year as the antique church changed into demolished. Smaller changes to Hårlemans authentic may additionally were finished. Soon after the muse of Landskrona as a Danish town, a big church changed into built and brought in use around 1430, Saint John the Baptist's Church. Of all Scanian churches best the Lund Cathedral was larger. For more than 330 years this church become in use. But after Scania have become part of Sweden in 1720, a army commendant determined out that the church tower turned into a potential danger to the nearby Landskrona Citadel.