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Carl Axel Setterberg Carl Axel Setterberg (1812-1871) was a Swedish-born Finnish architect. Setterberg provided much of the urban design for the city of Vaasa, Finland. Biography Setterberg was born at Nyköping Municipality, Bogsta parish in Södermanland, Sweden ...

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located in the city center of

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

in Ostrobothnia,

. The 900-seat red-brick church, designed by architect

, was completed in 1869.Vaasan kirkko
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(in Finnish) Vaasa Church is a long church with three naves. In terms of style, the church mainly represents

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s in the church, each painted by

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, R. W. Ekman and

Louis Sparre Pehr Louis Sparre af Söfdeborg (3 August 1863 – 26 October 1964) was a Swedish painter, designer and draughtsman, most noted for his early work in the Finnish national romanticism and jugend styles. He also competed in the individual and ...

.Ossi Jäkärä: ''Paimenten kumarrus – Vaasan seurakuntaelämää ja kirkkotaidetta kuvien kertomana'', pp. 115–120. Vaasan evankelis-luterilaiset seurakunnat, 1993. ISBN 952-90-5033-X. (in Finnish) There are a total of about 900 seats in the hall and galleries of the church, and 130 in the

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downstairs. The church's 45-voice main

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was acquired in 1975 and is manufactured by the Danish company

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History

Carl Axel Setterberg made preliminary plans and cost estimates for the church in 1857. The drawings were approved the following year after certain changes.Aimo Wuorinen: ''Vaasan evankelis-luterilaiset kirkot ja seurakunnat kaupungin palon jälkeisenä aikana'', pp. 23–31, 48–52, 266. Vaasan evankelis-luterilaiset seurakunnat, 1968. (in Finnish) The first official worship was organized in the church in 1862, after which it began to be used almost continuously. However, it was not officially inaugurated until September 5, 1869, as the final inspection of the church and the completion of the movables and interior structures were delayed. The Vaasa church was wanted in a central place when the city moved to its current location after the 1852 Great Fire of Vaasa, and it was wanted to create one of the clear monuments of the rebuilt city. The church was renovated in 1960–1961.

References

External links

Vaasan kirkko - Vaasan suomalainen seurakunta
(in Finnish) 19th-century churches in Finland 19th-century Lutheran churches Buildings and structures in Ostrobothnia (region) Churches completed in 1869 Lutheran churches in Finland Vaasa {{finland-church-stub