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august the 20th is the birthday of my son Sigurd. Now he's 12 years
20 augustus : Sigurd wordt 12 jaar. Gelukkige verjaardag!
summer restaurant in pålsjö forest, helsingborg, sweden 1914.
architects: sigurd lewerentz (1885-1975) and torsten stubelius (1883–1963).
Architect: Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975),
Built in 1966
The Belfry
The belfry has four bells, which is unusual in a Swedish provincial church.Each bell bears the name of an apostle (Petrus, Paulus, Andreas and Tomas) and has bell-verses written by the poet Bo Setterlind. The bells are moulded by Ohlsson’s bells-foundry in Ystad.
The Architect
The architect, Doctor of Technology, Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) was 77 years old when he was asked to create St. Petri church. He had behind him, in addition to studies at Chalmers’ university, many years of collected experience, which he could now draw on. Full of life, knowledgeable, independent of all architectural traditions and styles he set about his task. He concentrated all his artistic passion on this task. What he created is not a product of a drawing-board. The placing of every brick is determined directly by him on the spot or indirectly by the instructions he gave to the artisans. The watchful eye of the architect constantly followed the work on the site.
Facts
The church was consecrated on 27th of November, 1966 by Bishop Martin Lindström. The nave is built according to “circumstantes”, the idea of the central place of worship. The area is quadratic, 18 x 18 meter. The height is 6 meter in the east and 5 meter in the west. The nave rests on and is built around a cross of iron (the T-cross or the Antonius-cross). The cross should be essential in the preaching and activity of the church as well as in human life. The ceiling is formed as archs and is a symbol of human spirit life as a waving movement. The building has no arched windows. The window-glasses are directly mounted on the outside of the wall with brackets, which gives a feeling of missing windows. All electric wiring and water pipes are mounted directly on the walls – nothing should be hidden into the church. The middle aisle corresponds to the holy way (via sacra) of old days which leads to the Holy Communion table. The walls are built up with the dark-brown brick from Helsingborg, which is made by hand craft as well as machine-made. No bricks are adjusted to suit – man is good enough to be used by God even if she is “odd, rough or not adjusted to suit”. The bricks are partly picked by the architect Lewerentz himself from a scrap-yard. Even human beings, who by others are considered as “scrap”, are suitable for the Lord. The daylight and the illumination are sparse. Too much natural light disturbs the full feeling according to the architect. Therefore the lamps must be lightened during service. Architect Lewerentz wanted to create a soft and warm surrounding with quiet and devotion. While sitting for a while in the church the details are coming forward. The chairs are from Denmark and originally designed for the Grundtvig-church (1940) in Copenhagen. Portable chairs in churches are an old tradition and give the opportunity to rearrange the furniture.
Source: Leaflet – Sankt Petri Church in Klippan – A Masterpiece by Sigurd Lewerentz
The church was renovated between the years 1979-1981 under the direction of architect Bengt Edman and the church copper roof has been changed during 2011.
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Signe Sannan (f. 1908 i Jämtland) og Sigurd Winge (f. 1907 i Skatval), gift 12. juli 1932 i Skatval. Se Skatval gårds- og slektshistorie, bind III, s. 262. Bosatt på Korsvold (76-13), Skatval. Om Signes foreldre, se Bygdebok for Åsen bind 1, s. 101 Berit Ovedie O. Skjelstadaunet) og s. 195 (Laurits B. Sannan).
Fotograf / Photographer: Ukjent
Fotoeier / Photo owner: Johannes Naavik
Digitalisering / Digitizing: Arne Langås (2009)
Foto-ID / Photo ID: 043-0482
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines Ireland Airbus A320-251N EI-SIC 'Sigurd Viking' c/n 7979 landing runway 09L London Heathrow.
Dato / Date: ukjent / unknown
Fotograf / Photographer: ukjent / unknown
Utgiver / Publisher: Norsk Musikforlag
Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: s/h postkort, sølvgelatin
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_07579
Architect: Sigurd Lewerentz
Built in: 1930-1932
Client:
This is the former building for The Swedish Social Insurance Agency that administers social insurance in Sweden. The building was designed by Sigurd Lewerents and is considered one of the most important modern buildings in Sweden.
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Bain News Service,, publisher.
Sigurd Berg
[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.30443
Call Number: LC-B2- 5187-8
London BM - Franks or Auzon Casket 13c [8th cent CE] - The hero Sigurd and his horse Grani
In 1899, Sigurd Söderberg proposed that the right panel depicts "a representation of a scene from the Sigurd myth explained by Runic inscriptions."[28] In 1930, Eleanor Clark added, "Indeed, no one seeing the figure of the horse bending over the tomb of a man could fail to recall the words of the Guthrunarkvitha (II,5):
The head of Grani was bowed to the grass,
The steed knew well his master was slain."[29]
While Clark admits that this is an "extremely obscure legend,"[30] she assumes that the scene must be based on a Germanic legend, and can find no other instance in the entire Norse mythology of a horse weeping over a dead body.[31] She concludes that the small, legless person inside the central mound must be Sigurd himself, with his legs gnawed off by the wolves mentioned in Guthrun's story. She interprets the three figures to the right as Guthrun being led away from Sigurd's tomb by his slayers Gunnar and Hogne, and the female figure before Grani as the Norn-goddess Urd, who passes judgement on the dead. The warrior to the left would then be Sigurd again, now restored to his former prime for the afterlife, and "sent rejoicing on his way to Odainsaker, the realms of bliss for deserving mortals. The gateway to these glittering fields is guarded by a winged dragon who feeds on the imperishable flora that characterized the place, and the bodyless cock crows lustily as a kind of eerie genius loci identifying the spot as Hel's wall."[32]
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www.franks-casket.de/english/lid00.html
www.academia.edu/1464493/The_Bowman_who_takes_off_the_Lid...
Native stone steps of Sigurd Olson's Listening Point cabin on Burntside Lake near Ely, Minnesota. This was the retreat of renowned wilderness conservationist and author Sigurd F. Olson. It is located near his beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area, which he worked tirelessly to preserve as a protected wilderness area. Listening Point includes this beautifully-simple Finnish-style log cabin and a sauna.
Olson authored nine books: "The Singing Wilderness", "Listening Point", "The Lonely Land", "Runes of the North", "Open Horizons", "The Hidden Forest", "Wilderness Days", "Reflections From the North Country", and "Of Time and Place".
Photographed July 21, 2015. Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
Please visit the following websites for more information and background on Sigurd F. Olson and Listening Point:
www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sigurd_olson/contents.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_F._Olson
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Architect: Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975),
Built in 1943
The Eastern Cemetery (Östra kyrkogården) is famous for its design and beauty far beyond Swedens borders. The Cemetery was created by the architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who from 1916 until his death in 1975 was engaged in the cemetery's various stages of development. After a contest Lewerentz was chosen to design the cemetery and the related buildings.
The Eastern Cemetery has a chapel and crematorium facility, which also bears the architect Sigurd Lewerentz signature. The plant was built during the war years in the early 1940s and was the inaugural completed on 23 October 1943. Here are three chapels - Saint Gertrude, St. Knut's and the Chapel of Hope, with pleasing works of art by artists including Sven Erixon, Otte Sköld and Robert Nilsson. The Crematorium is no longer in use.
More information about The Eastern Cemetary in Swedish.
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Starting Point of a legend for me. When i was about 27 years old i heard for the very first time about this architect. I worked at Gottfried Böhm's office in Cologne - was still a student - and there was one collegue who was showing me this book. A book wrapped in sandpaper. Think about it. A holy book for me (besides another book by scarpa). almost 20 years later i was seeing for the very first time these architecure in real. in Malmö. I wanted to go to Klippan, but it didn't worked out. However. With my son i visited Malmö. not for the opera house, just for the cementary which will followed in the near future.
Sigurd was a goddamned smoker i guess.
This is an (outside) ashtray on the belle etage of the opera house in Malmö.
Well: I am also a serious smoker.
I saw it. I liked it. Nope: I loved it.
I was (and still i am) thinking: Jez! this fucking detail is still there. since nowadays almost 70 years. WOW.
Pretty much more will follow from one of my alltime hero (like Carlo Scarpa in Venice before)
Scandinavian: Sigurd and Brynhild
The mythological story of Sigurd and Brynhild is narrated in the Second Edda by Snorri Sturleson (1178-1241 A.D.). This Icelandic tale reappears in German literature as the Niebelungenlied and is performed as the opera, Der Ring des Niebelungen. Sigurd, a renowed dragonslayer, becomes the hero as he and his mount, Grani, ride through a wall of fire to rescue Brynhild and awaken her from her enchanted sleep imposed upon her by King Odin.
Our paternal grandad, Otto (born 1913) and his older brother Sigurd. I love my old photo albums!!! I am also adoring bow the on Sigurd's blouse! Sigurd passed away in 1986 (survived by their mother who passed away aged 97 in 1988) and Grandad in 1989.
Format: Avisartikkel i Dagsposten
Dato / Date: 25. September 1899
Sted / Place: Biskop Sigurds gate / Biskop Grimkjells gate, Lademoen, Trondheim
Wikipedia: Grimkjell (d. 1047)
Wikipedia: Dale-Gudbrand
Kåre Flokenes: Den Legendariske Olavssaga (Hafrsfjord 2000)
Eier / Owner Institution: Trondheim byarkiv, The Municipal Archives of Trondheim
Arkivreferanse / Archive reference: Dagsposten 25.09.1899 s. 2, se også Bystyresak 107 (1899) - 'Angaaende Gadenavne [...]' og Byarkivet sak 17/29813 - 'Hvem er Biskop Sigurds gate på Lademoen oppkalt etter?'
Merknad:
Biskop Grimkjells gate og Biskop Sigurds gate på Lademoen er oppkalt etter to av kong Olav den Helliges hirdbiskoper.
Kong Olav Haraldsson hadde 4 hirdbiskoper; biskop Sigurd, Grimkjell, Rudolf og Bernhard. De to mest kjente, biskop Grimkjell og biskop Sigurd, har begge fått en gate oppkalt etter seg på Lademoen i Trondheim.
Biskop Grimkjell var den som tok Olav Haraldssons legeme opp av jorda i 1031 og var instrumental i helgenforklaringen av kongen, mens biskop Sigurd er mest kjent fra fortellingen om Dale-Gudbrand og innføringen av kristendommen i Gudbrandsdalen i 1021.
* For mer om Olavs hjelpere, se Alexander Bugge: Norges historie fremstillet for det norske folk - Tidsrummet ca. 800-1030 (Kristiania 1910) s. 360-368.
Dagsposten 25. September 1899 s. 2:
De nye Gatenavne.
Vi indtar idag nogle Oplysninger om hvem det er de nye Gatenavne sigter til.
Oberstløitnant Eilerik Wisborg, deltog i Felttoget nordenfjelds 1658, og oprev 2. Oktober s. A. det svenske Undsætningskorps ovenfor Stene i Værdalen.
Generalmajor Vincens Budde deltog i 1716 som Oberst med 1000 Trøndere i Erobringen av Moss, som tvang Karl den 12te til at rømme Kristiania, og leded i 1718 Trondhjems heldige Forsvar mot Armfeldt.
Kaptein Dreyer kjæmped i Slaget ved Trangen 1808 som anfører for en trøndersk Afdeling og faldt der.
Christian Monsen, Digter, Redaktør i Trondhjem 1845-52.
Erik Walkendorf, Erkebiskop 1510-22.
Biskop Grimkjell og Biskop Sigurd, var Olaf Haraldsøns Hjælpere med Kristendommens Indførelse.
Aslak Bolt, Erkebiskop 1428-50.
H. J. Darre, første Bestyrer af Klæbu Seminarium, Biskop i Trondhjem 1849-60. Hidtil kaldt Myhres Gate.
J. H. Sodemann, (første) Inspektør ved Realskolen 1811-46; Storthingsmand for Trondhjem 1814. Hidtil kaldt Leistad G.
Erkebiskop Guttorm spilte en stor Rolle under Striden mellem Haakon Haakonssøn og Skule Jarl.
Olaf Engelbrektssøn, Norges siste Erkebiskop (1522-37).
Johan Nordahl Brun, Digter, Biskop i Bergen (født Trønder).
Digteren Henrik Wergeland.
Grev Carl Jacob Woldemar Schmettow, fra 1776 Regimentschef, 1787 Generalmajor, tilsist høistkommanderende General nordenfjelds. (død 1821).
Grev F. C. Trampe, Stiftamtmand i Trondhjem 1810-32.
P. Birch, General og Kommandant i Trondhjem 1825-31; Filantrop, Stifter (1826) af Selskabet "De nødlidendes Venner" (Asylselskabet).
F. C. O. Hegermann, General og Kommandant i Trondhjem 1831-41. Storthingsmand fra Trondhjem 1814.
J. E. Gunnerus, Biskop i Trondhjem 1758-73; Stifter af Videnskabsselskabet sammen med Suhm og Schøning, som allerede er opkaldt.
H. F. Schirmer, Domkirkens første arkitekt.
N. B. L. Essendrop, Præst i og ved Trondhjem fra 1847, Stiftsprovst sammesteds 1875-83; Storthingspræsident 1874-82.
Digteren J. S. Welhaven.
Hans Riddervold, Biskop i Trondhjem 1843-48; Storthingspræsident; Statsraad 1848-72.
Historikeren, Professor P. A. Munch, (Gaten burde ikke hete bare "Munch"s Gate, men P. A. M.'s).
Kammerraad Hilmar Meincke, d. 1771. Stifter af det Legat, for hvilket Realskolen oprettedes.
Maleren, Professor J. C. Dahl (død 1857), som først udkasted Planen om Restauration af Domkirken og Haakonshallen i Bergen.
Grosserer Broder Knudtzon (død 1864), som skjænked sit store Bibliothek og værdifulde Skulpturer til Videnskabsselskabet.
Grosserer, senere Tugthusinspektør Peter Schmidt (død 1845), Eidsvoldsmand fra Trondhjem.
L. D. Klüwer (død 1825), Major, Antikvar. Hans Undersøgelser nordenfjelds og af Domkirken er af høi Værd.
Etatsraad A. Rogert (død 1833), Justitiarius, Eidsvoldsmand fra Trondhjem.
Billedhugger Hans Michelsen (død 1859).
uppståndelsekapellet, skogskyrkogården
architect sigurd lewerentz, 1924.
you do feel the column=petrified tree image is milked to the last drop here. my personal preference is for the slightly more roman "column=hot body" which would be an intrusion, no doubt, in a cemetery, but a welcome one.
see www.flickr.com/photos/seier/515303275/in/set-721576002836...
more words, yada, yada, yada.
s:ta gertruds and s:t knuts kapell, 1935-1943.
östra kyrkogården, malmö, 1916-1969.
architect: sigurd lewerentz, 1885-1975.
if ever lewerentz, the most assured stylist in all of nordic architecture, did a transitional building, a building unsure of itself, searching, this is it.
I have grown to like the complex loggia which allows for such a dignified arrival and departure without mimicking a temple front, but the chapel itself seems to keen to please, for me it is closer to the school of asplund than that of lewerentz himself....or maybe I just need to spend more time there.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela ja Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa lumisella pihalla Gallen-Kalleloiden kotikadulla Porvoossa 1922.
kuvauspaikka: Porvoo, Jokikatu
ajoitus: 1922
kuvaaja:
kuva-alan mitat: 79x54mm
tekniikka:
merkintöjä:
inventointinumero: Kot. 1 a/109
kokoelma: Akseli Gallen-Kallelan valokuvakokoelma
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Sloopy Mimi forgot to feed her Akku and soooo..no more pics today, maybe Sigurd and Börtie like it to be NOT watched by Mimi, who knows :-)))
Stockholm D2-04
Markus Kyrkan, Sigurd Lewerentz, 1962
Malmövägen 51,121 53 Johanneshov, Stockholm
Sigurd Lewerentz’ most noted building came into existence after winning an invited competition in 1956.
Two buildings are located on either side of a courtyard – on one side, the church itself, which is linked to the parish premises ad assembly hall; and on the other the registrar’s offices with a belfry tower and archives.
Dark bricks from Helsingborg are freely laid in running bond – the vertical joints have varying widths which meant that no brick needed to be cut. Lewerentz referred to Persian architecture as a source of inspiration. The church in Bjorkhagen demonstrates how it is possible to be both visionary and well rooted, Lewerentz was already regarded as a phenomenon in Swedish architecture. His integrity and sure handed sense of form leaded to solutions that were several decades before their time. The church was awarded the first Kasper Salin Prize in 1962.
Vintage German film special. Internationale Film-Bühne, No. 1343. Film special on the Swedish military comedy Beredskapspojkar/ Der Stolz der Kompagnie (Sigurd Walleen, 1940-41), starring Nils Poppe. Cover page.
Actor, director and screenwriter Nils Poppe (1908–2000) was often referred to as the Swedish Charlie Chaplin. He is internationally best known for his dramatic part as the jester in Ingmar Bergman's Det sjunde inseglet / The Seventh Seal (1957), but in Sweden he was much loved as a comedian and participated in over 50 films on cinema and TV.
Malmö & Klippan
Lewerentz’ flower shop kiosk in Malmo’s cemetry and church in Klippan both exemplify a detail beyond that of the initial monoliths of concrete and brick respectively. His church at Klippan plays with idea of what is and is not load bearing. This is expressed through decorative brickwork set against monolithic stretcher bond brick. Both being set into a large mortar joint giving the appearance of the bricks floating within a larger whole. This idea plays a key role in the expression of the tectonics of the scheme. The wall with the set back door plays with ideas of the thickness of a wall. The idea of a skin which is peeled away to reveal a deep core. This links in with the ideas of safety, comfort and shelter. Ideas which are all important to instill when entering a building such as a church.
Realising the importance of a window being set either flush to the internal or external wall, also the difference of having no window frame as such but merely clamping the glazing unit to the wall.
The flower shop kiosk plays with ideas of a concrete monolith, with the door not reaching down to the ground, suggesting that this door is merely an aperture rather than defining the buildings connection to the ground. The windows aswell, on the surface of the wall, suggest a wall which is not breached, as opposed to setting them back which would suggest that the wall is punctured. The cantilever of the roof is held up by battons which stretch back up the roof, issues of ‘self support’ as opposed to convention.
Akseli Gallen-Kallela seurueessa Helsingissä 1919. Henkilöt vasemmalta Dr. Perrit, Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa, Algar von Heiroth, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Mascha von Heiroth (Marie Djakoffsky) ja Emil Wikström.
kuvauspaikka: Helsinki
ajoitus: 1919
kuvaaja:
kuva-alan mitat: 76x101mm
tekniikka:
merkintöjä:
inventointinumero: Kot. 1 a/105
kokoelma: Akseli Gallen-Kallelan valokuvakokoelma
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Architect: Sigurd Lewerentz
Built in: 1913
Client: Stockholms Roddförening
Stockholms Roddförening is a rowing club on Gärdet next to Djurgårdsbrunn in Stockholm. The Club was founded in April 8, 1880. The current boathouse, designed by architect Sigurd Lewerentz was inaugurated July 13, 1913. Timber from the Stockholm Olympics arena were used to build the boathouse. At the ceiling in the boat room you still can see the seat numbers in the wood.
The house has over the years been carefully refurbished and modernized. It looks the same on both the outside and inside as when it was new. Most of the benches and tables in the upstairs rooms belong to the original interior from 1913. The house is considered to have great historical value.
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Stockholm D2-04
Markus Kyrkan, Sigurd Lewerentz, 1962
Malmövägen 51,121 53 Johanneshov, Stockholm
Sigurd Lewerentz’ most noted building came into existence after winning an invited competition in 1956.
Two buildings are located on either side of a courtyard – on one side, the church itself, which is linked to the parish premises ad assembly hall; and on the other the registrar’s offices with a belfry tower and archives.
Dark bricks from Helsingborg are freely laid in running bond – the vertical joints have varying widths which meant that no brick needed to be cut. Lewerentz referred to Persian architecture as a source of inspiration. The church in Bjorkhagen demonstrates how it is possible to be both visionary and well rooted, Lewerentz was already regarded as a phenomenon in Swedish architecture. His integrity and sure handed sense of form leaded to solutions that were several decades before their time. The church was awarded the first Kasper Salin Prize in 1962.
Format: Lysbilde i farge, positiv
Film: Fuji
Dato / Date: ca. 1980 - 1990
Fotograf / Photographer: Trondheim kommune, fra Tekniske etaters samling / Byarkivet
Sted / Place: Biskop Sigurds gate 11, Trondheim
Oppdatert / Update: 16.03.2015, 10.05.2017 [Fotograf]
Google Street View: goo.gl/maps/2yXff
Eier / Owner Institution: Trondheim byarkiv, The Municipal Archives of Trondheim
Arkivreferanse / Archive reference: Tor.H47.B50.F26729
Log Chain and Cant Hook on outside wall of Listening Point Cabin.
Listening Point cabin on Burntside Lake near Ely, Minnesota, was the retreat of renowned wilderness conservationist and author Sigurd F. Olson. It is located near his beloved Boundary Waters Canoe Area, which he worked tirelessly to preserve as a protected wilderness area. Listening Point includes a beautifully-simple Finnish-style log cabin and sauna.
Olson authored nine books: "The Singing Wilderness", "Listening Point", "The Lonely Land", "Runes of the North", "Open Horizons", "The Hidden Forest", "Wilderness Days", "Reflections From the North Country", and "Of Time and Place".
Photographed July 21, 2015. Equipment used: Sony SLT-A58 with Sony AF DT 18-70mm lens on tripod.
Please visit the following websites for more information and background on Sigurd F. Olson and Listening Point:
www4.uwm.edu/letsci/research/sigurd_olson/contents.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigurd_F._Olson
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Architect: Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975),
Built in 1966
The Architect
The architect, Doctor of Technology, Sigurd Lewerentz (1885-1975) was 77 years old when he was asked to create St. Petri church. He had behind him, in addition to studies at Chalmers’ university, many years of collected experience, which he could now draw on. Full of life, knowledgeable, independent of all architectural traditions and styles he set about his task. He concentrated all his artistic passion on this task. What he created is not a product of a drawing-board. The placing of every brick is determined directly by him on the spot or indirectly by the instructions he gave to the artisans. The watchful eye of the architect constantly followed the work on the site.
Facts
The church was consecrated on 27th of November, 1966 by Bishop Martin Lindström. The nave is built according to “circumstantes”, the idea of the central place of worship. The area is quadratic, 18 x 18 meter. The height is 6 meter in the east and 5 meter in the west. The nave rests on and is built around a cross of iron (the T-cross or the Antonius-cross). The cross should be essential in the preaching and activity of the church as well as in human life. The ceiling is formed as archs and is a symbol of human spirit life as a waving movement. The building has no arched windows. The window-glasses are directly mounted on the outside of the wall with brackets, which gives a feeling of missing windows. All electric wiring and water pipes are mounted directly on the walls – nothing should be hidden into the church. The middle aisle corresponds to the holy way (via sacra) of old days which leads to the Holy Communion table. The walls are built up with the dark-brown brick from Helsingborg, which is made by hand craft as well as machine-made. No bricks are adjusted to suit – man is good enough to be used by God even if she is “odd, rough or not adjusted to suit”. The bricks are partly picked by the architect Lewerentz himself from a scrap-yard. Even human beings, who by others are considered as “scrap”, are suitable for the Lord. The daylight and the illumination are sparse. Too much natural light disturbs the full feeling according to the architect. Therefore the lamps must be lightened during service. Architect Lewerentz wanted to create a soft and warm surrounding with quiet and devotion. While sitting for a while in the church the details are coming forward. The chairs are from Denmark and originally designed for the Grundtvig-church (1940) in Copenhagen. Portable chairs in churches are an old tradition and give the opportunity to rearrange the furniture.
Source: Leaflet – Sankt Petri Church in Klippan – A Masterpiece by Sigurd Lewerentz
The church was renovated between the years 1979-1981 under the direction of architect Bengt Edman and the church copper roof has been changed during 2011.
More pictures of Sigurd Lewerentz’ work
Images of other architects' works
More information at the St. Petri web page