Oscar Parish | |
Native Name: | Oscars församling |
Native Name Lang: | sv |
Settlement Type: | Parish |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Stockholm#Sweden |
Coordinates: | 59.3336°N 18.0942°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | Stockholm Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | Religious congregation |
Subdivision Name2: | Church of Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Diocese |
Subdivision Name3: | Archdiocese of Uppsala (–1942) Diocese of Stockholm (1942–) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1 May 1906 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2018 |
Population Total: | 39,045 |
Code1 Name: | Parish code |
Code1 Info: | 018012 (1952-01-01–1966-12-31) and 018011 (1967-01-01–) |
Code2 Name: | Pastorship code |
Code2 Info: | 130203 |
Oscar Parish (Swedish: Oscars församling) is a parish in Östermalm's church district (kontrakt) in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. The parish is located in Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County. The parish forms its own pastorship.
Oscar Parish was formed on 1 May 1906 by a break from Hedvig Eleonora Parish and has since formed its own pastorship. The name was Oskar until 1962 when it was changed to Oscar.[2] There are five churches in Oscar Parish:; Oscar's Church, Gustaf Adolf Church, Djurgårdskyrkan, Olaus Petri Church and Oscars Lillkyrka.[3] Since 2002, the Oscar Parish has had a well-developed exchange of friends with Martin Luther Kirchengemeinde in Zeuthen, Berlin, Germany.
Oscar Parish includes parts of Östermalm, Gärdet, Frihamnen and southern Djurgården.[4]