Free Church Reyvjavik (Frikirkjan i Reykjavik) description and photos - Iceland: Reykjavik (Topic)

Free Church of Reyvjavik (Frikirkjan i Reykjavik) description and photos - Iceland: Reykjavik. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Frikirkjan i Reykjavik.

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The Reykjavik Free Church belongs to the Lutheran community, which is not part of the State Church of Iceland. Once, a part of the parishioners disagreed with the official Church, separated from it, formed their own parish, built their own church in 1901, and called it free. The building is made in the neo-Gothic style popular at that time and is located on the shores of the picturesque Lake Tjorni in the center of Reykjavik.

Despite its outward simplicity and inconspicuousness, it fits perfectly into the surrounding landscape, enlivening and decorating it with the pointed spire of the bell tower. Anyone can climb the bell tower to admire the panorama of the city and its environs.

The parishioners of the new church were at first ordinary sailors, merchants and workers. The Free Lutheran Church opposed the Danish Lutheran Church, thus expressing the desire of the Icelandic people for independence from the Danish crown. The position of this church played a serious role in the liberation movement of the country.

In our time, the freedom-loving spirit of the church's parishioners has not faded away. Due to the lack of strict canons, in addition to worship and celebration, the Free Church often hosts performances by rock and pop stars, as well as concerts of classical music. There is a wonderful organ here. And not only church or classical music is performed on it, but also Icelandic folk music.

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