Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Follow Mary's gaze into the chapel housing the
tomb of King Gustav
Vasa
and his family. Notice that in the sculpture, Gustav is shown flanked by
not one, but two wives—his first wife died after suffering a fall; his second
wife bore him 10 children. The chapel is ringed with murals of his illustrious
life.
Back at the entrance to the church, by the gift shop, you can pay to enter
the
treasury
collection.Hereyou'llfindmedievaltextiles(tapestriesandvest-
ments), swords and crowns found in Gustav's grave, and the Nobel Peace Pr-
ize won by Nathan Söderblom, an early-20th-century archbishop here (30 kr,
Mon-Sat 10:00-17:00, Sun 12:30-17:00). In this same narthex area, notice the
debit-card machine soliciting donations: The church doing its same old work
in a new way.
