Saint Eric Cathedral, Stockholm

Saint Eric Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located on Sodermalm island of Stockholm, Sweden. It was built in 1892 and was promoted to the status of a cathedral in 1953, when the Roman Catholic diocese of Stockholm was established. The substantial increase in the number of Catholics in Stockholm, as a result of immigration after World War II, lead to the extension of the church that was inaugurated in 1983, at the 200th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Roman Catholic Church in Lutheran Sweden. The church named after Saint Eric, the 12th century king of Sweden and the patron saint of Stockholm.