The Sodankylä Church (; ) is the 19th-century grey stone church located in the
Sodankylä municipality in
Lapland,
Finland
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.
The building was designed by , and it was completed in 1859. It is located about 100 meters from Sodankylä's
old church, built in 1689.
History
The new church in Sodankylä became necessary after the
old one became too cramped and dilapidated. The goal was to build a church at least twice as big as the previous church. Funds for the construction of the church were obtained when Emperor
Nicholas I of Russia
Nicholas I, group=pron (Russian language, Russian: Николай I Павлович; – ) was Emperor of Russia, List of rulers of Partitioned Poland#Kings of the Kingdom of Poland, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 18 ...
approved the proposal made by the
Senate of Finland
The Senate of Finland (; ) combined the functions of Cabinet (government), cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in independent Finland from 1917 to 1918.
The body that would become the Senate was establis ...
on 25 February 1852.
On 22 September 1856, Emperor
Alexander II of Russia
Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Grand Du ...
approved the drawings drawn up by architect Lindqvist,
revised in the Finnish Intendant's office, in which the Intendant
Ernst Lohrmann had proposed a taller and entirely wooden tower, otherwise stone quarried from the locality has been used in the church. Because of the building material, decorative
masonry
Masonry is the craft of building a structure with brick, stone, or similar material, including mortar plastering which are often laid in, bound, and pasted together by mortar (masonry), mortar. The term ''masonry'' can also refer to the buildin ...
was left out, and the church became unadornedly simple.
See also
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Sodankylä Old Church
Sodankylä Old Church (also known as the Lapp Church; ; ) is a 17th-century wooden church located near the Kitinen, Kitinen River in the Sodankylä, Sodankylä municipality in Lapland (Finland), Lapland, Finland.Söderholm 2005, p. 76.
The church ...
Sources
References
External links
New Churchat Sodankylän seurakunta (in Finnish)
19th-century churches in Finland
Buildings and structures in Lapland (Finland)
Churches completed in 1859
Sodankylä
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