Vadstena

Sweden

Vadstena, Sweden shares 40 connections with 644 other places across 13 topics, with the bulk of its reach grounded in history and religion. Its Bridgettine abbey served as the centre of Swedish medieval church culture, with its rib vault style influencing Växjö Cathedral's construction. Uppsala and Stockholm share many of its connections. Johannes Jørgensen spent the war years 1943–1945 in Vadstena writing his work on St. Birgitta, while Gunnar Bucht's dissertation examined the ritual of the abbey's nuns.