The Oulunsalo Church is an
evangelical Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched ...
church in the
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
city of
Oulu. It was part of the town of
Oulunsalo
Oulunsalo ( sv, Oulunsalo, also formerly ) is former municipality in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. Along with Haukipudas, Kiiminki and Yli-Ii it lost its municipal status and was merged with the city of Oulu on 1 January 2013. ...
until 2013 when that town was merged into Oulu.
The wooden church building has been designed in
Gothic Revival style by architect
Julius Basilier. It was built between 1888 and 1891.
The former Oulunsalo church was destroyed in a fire caused by lightning in the summer 1882.
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Lutheran churches in Oulu
Churches completed in 1891
Wooden churches in Finland
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