Hedvig Eleonora Parish () is a parish in ÃÂstermalm's church district (kontrakt) in the Diocese of Stockholm, Sweden. The parish is located in Stockholm Municipality in Stockholm County. The parish forms its own pastorship.
The parish was formed on 17 April 1672, by an outbreak from the Holmkyrkan Parish (Holmkyrkans församling). Until 1737, the parish was also called the LadugÃÂ¥rdsland Parish (LadugÃÂ¥rdslands församling) and has also been called the ÃÂstermalm Parish (ÃÂstermalms församling). In 1724 and 1749, the Borgerskapets änkhus församling and Hedvig Eleonora fattighus församling broke out, respectively. In 1819, the DjurgÃÂ¥rdens landsförsamling broke out, but returned in 1868. On 1 May 1906, Engelbrekt Parish and Oscar Parish were broken out. The parish has formed and constitutes its own pastorship with the exception of the period from 1819 to 1868 when it was the head parish of the pastorship of Hedvig Eleonora och DjurgÃÂ¥rdens landsförsamling.
Hedvig Eleonora Parish belongs to ÃÂstermalm's church district (kontrakt) which also includes Oscar and Engelbrekt parishes. The parish consists of the central part of the district of ÃÂstermalm and is geographically small, a few blocks between Valhallavägen in the north, Strandvägen with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in the south, Skeppargatan in the east and Brahegatan in the west. The only church of the parish, Hedvig Eleonora Church, founded in 1669 and inaugurated in 1737, is located at ÃÂstermalm square, where also ÃÂstermalmshallen, the Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm Music Museum, and the Royal Stables are located. The church is ÃÂstermalm's oldest church and was the main church until ÃÂstermalm was divided into three parishes in 1906.
On 1 January 1976, Hedvig Eleonora Parish covered an area of 0.6 square kilometers, of which 0.6 square kilometer was land.