Sodankylä Church
The Sodankylä Church is the 19th-century grey stone church located in the Sodankylä municipality in Lapland, Finland. The building was designed by Ludvig Isak Lindqvist, and it was completed in 1859.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Sodankylä, Finland, built in 1859
- Also known as: “Sodankylä New Church” and “Sodankylan Kirkko”
- Address: Kirkkotie 6, Sodankylä, 99600
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Alariesto Museum and Gallery and Sodankylä Old Church.
The Alariesto Museum and Gallery
Art gallery
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The Alariesto Museum and Gallery is an art gallery.
Sodankylä Old Church
Church
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Sodankylä Old Church is a 17th-century wooden church located near the Kitinen River in the Sodankylä municipality in Lapland, Finland. The church is one of the oldest preserved wooden churches in Finland. Sodankylä Old Church is situated 120 metres northeast of Sodankylä Church.
Sodankylä bus station
Bus station
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Sodankylä bus station is situated 670 metres north of Sodankylä Church.
Sodankylä Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sodankylä, Pohjois-Lappi, North-east Lapland, Finnish Lapland, Northern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
67.41384° or 67° 24′ 50″ northLongitude
26.5948° or 26° 35′ 41″ eastElevation
187 metres (614 feet)Inception
October 27th, 1859Open location code
9GV8CH7V+GWOpenStreetMap ID
way 225813065OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Finnish to Swedish—“Sodankylä Church” goes by many names.
- Finnish: “Sodankylän kirkko”
- Finnish: “Sodankylän Kirkko”
- Finnish: “Sodankylän uusi kirkko”
- French: “église de Sodankylä”
- French: “Église de Sodankylä”
- Northern Sami: “Soadegili girku”
- Swedish: “Sodankylä kyrka”
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