Sodankylä Church
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| name = Sodankylä Church
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| native_name = {{langx|fi|Sodankylän kirkko}}
{{langx|se|Soađegili girku}}
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| image = Sodankylä new church.jpg
| coordinates = {{Coord|67|24|50|N|26|35|41|E|type:landmark_region:FI-18|display=inline,title}}
| location = Sodankylä, Lapland
| country = Finland
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| website = {{URL| https://www.sodankylanseurakunta.fi/kirkot-ja-tilat/kirkot-ja-kappelit/uusi-kirkko}}
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| architect = Ludvig Isak Lindqvist
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| capacity = 420
| parish = Sodankylä
| diocese = Oulu
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The Sodankylä Church ({{langx|fi|Sodankylän kirkko}}; {{langx|se|Soađegili girku}}) is the 19th-century grey stone church located in the Sodankylä municipality in Lapland, Finland.{{cite web|url=https://www.visitsodankyla.fi/en/museums-and-attractions/sodankyla-new-church/|title=Sodankylä New Church|date=10 January 2023 |publisher=Visit Sodankylä|access-date=28 January 2024}} The building was designed by {{ill|Ludvig Isak Lindqvist|fi}}, and it was completed in 1859. It is located about 100 meters from Sodankylä's old church, built in 1689.{{cite web|url=https://www.kyppi.fi/palveluikkuna/rapea/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=200667|title=Sodankylän kirkko (200667)|website=Kyppi|publisher=Finnish Heritage Agency|access-date=28 January 2024|language=fi}}
History
The new church in Sodankylä became necessary after the old one became too cramped and dilapidated. The goal was to build a church at least twice as big as the previous church. Funds for the construction of the church were obtained when Emperor Nicholas I of Russia approved the proposal made by the Senate of Finland on 25 February 1852. On 22 September 1856, Emperor Alexander II of Russia approved the drawings drawn up by architect Lindqvist, revised in the Finnish Intendant's office, in which the Intendant Ernst Lohrmann had proposed a taller and entirely wooden tower, otherwise stone quarried from the locality has been used in the church. Because of the building material, decorative masonry was left out, and the church became unadornedly simple.{{cite book|title=Sodankylän kirkko vuodelta 1859|page=23|publisher=Sodankylä-seura ry|year=1999|language=fi}}
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External links
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- [https://www.sodankylanseurakunta.fi/kirkot-ja-tilat/kirkot-ja-kappelit/uusi-kirkko New Church] at Sodankylän seurakunta (in Finnish)
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Category:19th-century churches in Finland
Category:Buildings and structures in Lapland (Finland)
Category:Churches completed in 1859
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