Finland
Northern Finland
Finnish Lapland

Utsjoki Church

Utsjoki Church is a church in the town of . It is the northernmost church in as well as in the European Union. Belonging to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, it was designed by the architecture office of Ernst Lohrmann and was built with grey stones during the years 1850–1853.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Utsjoki, Finland
  • Also known as: “Kirkonkylä” and “Utsjoki church and the old sacristy”
  • Address: Utsjoki

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church cabin.

Museum
Photo: Peltsi84, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum, which is situated 100 metres east of Utsjoki Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Utsjoki.

Photo: Henri Bergius, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the main village of the municipality with the same name, in northernmost . It is located on the right bank of the Teno river and thus by the border to .

Utsjoki Church

Latitude
69.8637° or 69° 51′ 49″ north
Longitude
27.00622° or 27° 0′ 22″ east
Elevation
76 metres (249 feet)
Inception
1853
Open location code
9GX9V274+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 162618521
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Geo­Names ID
652663
Wiki­data ID
Q13570764
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Utsjoki Church” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “乌茨约基教堂”
  • Chinese: “烏茨約基教堂”
  • Czech: “Evangelický kostel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه اوتسجوكى”
  • Finnish: “Kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Utsjoen kirkko ja vanha sakasti”
  • Finnish: “Utsjoen kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Utsjoen Kirkko”
  • French: “église d’Utsjoki”
  • French: “Église d’Utsjoki”
  • Inari Sami: “Ucjuv kirkko”
  • Northern Sami: “Ohcejoga girku”
  • Northern Sami: “Ohcejoga kirku”
  • Polish: “Kościół w Utsjoki”
  • Skolt Sami: “Uccjooǥǥ ceerkav”
  • Swedish: “Utsjoki kyrka”

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