St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää (Finnish: Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkko, Swedish: Tyrvis Sankt Olofs kyrka) is a late medieval fieldstone church in Tyrvää, Sastamala, Finland. It is located on the shore of lake Rautavesi. The church was built approximately in 1510–1516 and burnt down by a burglar on 21 September 1997.[1]
| St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää | |
|---|---|
Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkko | |
 St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | rebuilt 1997–2003 |
| Status | active |
| Location | |
| Location | Vammala, Sastamala, Finland |
| Geographic coordinates | 61°21′13″N 022°56′29″E / 61.35361°N 22.94139°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Medieval |
| Website | |
| www.pyhaolavi.fi | |
From 1997 to 2003 the church was rebuilt by local people and the interior paintings were created by painters Kuutti Lavonen and Osmo Rauhala.[1]
The reconstruction of the church is documented in the book St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää by Kuutti Lavonen, Osmo Rauhala, and Pirjo Silveri.
References
External links
Media related to St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää at Wikimedia Commons- St Olaf’s Church in Tyrvää
- Contemporary church painters create spirit of renovated 16th church, in Helsingin Sanomat
