''St Olaf's Church In Tyrvää – One Hundred and One Paintings'' is a book published in 2010 by Kirjapaja. In the book Pirjo Silveri describes how the medieval St Olaf's Church in

Tyrvää Tyrvää (; ) was a municipality in the Satakunta region, Turku and Pori Province, Finland. It was established in 1439 when the Tyrvää parish was separated from the parish of Karkku. In 1915, the market town of Vammala was separated from Tyrvä ...

Sastamala Sastamala () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. Sastamala lies on both sides of River Kokemäenjoki in the southwest corner of Pirkanmaa. The population of Sastamala is approximately , while the South Western Pirkanmaa, sub-reg ...

, Finland was reconstructed by hand after it was burned in 1997. Finnish contemporary painters

Kuutti Lavonen Kuutti Lavonen (born 7 February 1960 in Kotka, Finland) is a Finnish painter, photographer, and graphic artist, who has worked as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts (Finland). His poetry book ''Havahtumisia'' was published in 2005 by Kirjapaja. ...

and

Osmo Rauhala Osmo is a Finnish male given name. It appears in Kalevala, where it means "a young man". The name has been in use since the 1880s. The name day for Osmo in Finland is 11 May. People with the name Osmo *Osmo Kontula (born 1951), Finnish sociolog ...

made all the paintings. The painting are presented in the book, as are the artists. The material for the book consists of thousands of photos, interviewing tapes, notes and press clippings.Riitta Saarinen, Pyhän Olavin lumoissa, ''

Helsingin Sanomat , abbreviated ''HS'' and colloquially known as , is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma. Except after certain holidays, it is published daily. Its name derives from that of the Finnish capital ...

'' 2.7.2010 s. B 10 The book includes tens of photos of the reconstruction work and of the new paintings. The book is in English and in Finnish. It was launched July 3, 2010, at the Old Book Festival in

, Finland.Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin taiteet yksiin kansiin
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Yle Yleisradio Oy (; ), abbreviated as Yle () (formerly styled in all uppercase until 2012), translated into English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock comp ...

'' Kulttuuriuutiset The writer of the book Pirjo Silveri was called to document the whole process of painting the interior of the church.Erja Hyytiäinen, Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkon sadan ja yhden kuvan tarina kiteytyi kirjaksi
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Turun Sanomat is the leading regional newspaper of the region of Southwest Finland. It is published in the region's capital, Turku and the third most widely read morning newspaper in Finland after ''Helsingin Sanomat'' and ''Aamulehti''. History and profile ...

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