Finnish Church
The Finnish Church is a church building in Gamla stan in Stockholm, Sweden. Belonging to the Stockholm Finnish Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened in 1725 after the Lilla Bollhuset building had been rebuilt into a church.Photo: Jordgubbe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: Church of Sweden church building in Gamla stan, Stockholm, Sweden
- Also known as: “Finnish Church, Stockholm”, “Finska kyrkan”, and “Suomalainen kirkko”
- Address: Stockholm
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stockholm Central Station and Nobel Prize Museum.
Stockholm Central Station
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Stockholm Central Station, Stockholms centralstation, is Sweden's busiest rail station, in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm. It is directly connected to the Cityterminalen bus station, the Stockholm City commuter train station and the T-Centralen metro station, with a tram stop.
Nobel Prize Museum
Museum
Tessin Palace
Castle
Photo: FriskoKry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tessin Palace is a baroque town house located in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm. Located next to the Royal Palace, it is facing Slottsbacken, the major approach to the Stockholm Palace, and flanked by two alleys, Finska Kyrkogränd and Bollhusgränd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stockholm and Gamla stan.
Stockholm
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Stockholm is Sweden's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within Stockholm County. The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the Stockholm archipelago with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries.
Gamla stan
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Gamla stan pronounced gamlaˈstɑːn, the Old Town, also known as Staden mellan broarna is the Old Town in Stockholm, containing genuine cultural heritage, as well as tourist traps.
Blasieholmen
Locality
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blasieholmen is a peninsula in central Stockholm, Sweden. It is located east of Kungsträdgården. Originally a small island, named Käpplingen, it became a peninsula, connected to Norrmalm, during the 17th century.
Finnish Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms domkyrkoförs., Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.32566° or 59° 19′ 32″ northLongitude
18.07232° or 18° 4′ 20″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Inception
1725Levels
3Open location code
9FFW83GC+7WOpenStreetMap ID
way 108375145OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledGeoNames ID
12382144Wikidata ID
Q4357115
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Finnish Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “芬蘭教堂”
- Danish: “Den Finske Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيسه الفنلنديه”
- Finnish: “Suomalainen kirkko”
- Finnish: “Tukholman suomalainen seurakunta”
- French: “église finlandaise de Stockholm”
- French: “Église finlandaise de Stockholm”
- German: “Finnische Kirche”
- Polish: “Kościół fiński w Sztokholmie”
- Russian: “Финская церковь (Стокгольм)”
- Russian: “Финская церковь”
- Swedish: “Finska kyrkan”
- Swedish: “Suomalainen kirkko”
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