Hyvinkää Church ( fi, Hyvinkään kirkko, sv, Hyvinge kyrka), also known as ''The New Church of Hyvinkää'', is a

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, located in the town of

Hyvinkää Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring municipal ...

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. It was designed by

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and built in 1961.Visit Hyvinkaa website, profile page
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Description

The church is 32 metres (105 ft) high and has 630 seats downstairs and 250 upstairs. The surface area of the church is . Wide windows produce the lighting, behind the

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is a large window. The pyramid-like construction caused some criticism at the time.Discovering Finland website, profile page
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was built in 1977 by Hans Heinrich and has 35 stops.

References

External links

Official website
Lutheran churches in Finland

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