St. Michael's Church, Tallinn
St. Michael's Church or St. Michael's Swedish Church (, sv, Svenska S:t Mikaelskyrkan) is a Lutheran church used by the Swedes, Swedish congregation in the old town district of Tallinn, Estonia. History and architecture A Estonian Swedes, Swedish-speaking minority and congregation has probably existed in Tallinn since the Middle Ages, but the first written reference of Swedish congregation dates from 1531. After the Swedish defeat during the Great Northern War and the subsequent loss of the Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721), province of Estonia to Russian Empire, Russia in 1710, the church of the congregation, at the time housed in the church of the former monastery of St. Michael, was however taken over by the Russian authorities and used as a Russian garrison church. For some years during the early 1700s the congregation was therefore without a church until they relocated to the present premises in 1733. The building they were granted had been part of a medieval almshouse or hos ...
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