Töölö Church
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| location = Taka-Töölö, Helsinki
| country = Finland
| denomination = Lutheran
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| architect = Hilding Ekelund
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| completed date = {{start date| 1930}}
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| capacity = 500
| parish = Töölö
| diocese = Helsinki diocese
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Töölö Church ({{langx|fi|Töölön kirkko}}, {{langx|sv|Tölö kyrka}}) is a Lutheran church in the Taka-Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland. The building represents Nordic Classicism and was designed by Hilding Ekelund following an architectural competition. Completed in 1930, it originally served as a parish center and was dedicated as a church when Töölö parish was created in 1941.{{cite web|url=http://www.helsinginkirkot.fi/en/churches/toolo-church|title=Töölö church|publisher=Helsinki parishes|accessdate=4 July 2014}}
The church main hall seats 400 people. There are also two parish meeting halls for 70 and 20 people.
Töölö Church reopened in early 2016 after three and a half years of renovations.{{cite news|last1=Oksanen|first1=Kimmo|title=Töölön kirkko tuli remontoituna näkyviin|url=http://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/a1455335278731|accessdate=21 September 2016|work=Helsingin Sanomat|date=13 February 2016|language=fi}}
Artwork
Töölö Church contains many pieces of art, including:
- Relief Heavenly Feast and gilded wood sculpture Resurrected Christ by Gunnar Finne
- Glass paintings by Gunnar Forsström
- Wall painting by Paavo Leinonen
- Reliefs of apostles Peter, Paul, Andrew, and Thomas by Carl Wilhelms
- Partial sketch on altar wall by Henry Ericsson – Ericsson was commissioned to paint the altar wall but was killed in a car accident before completing the work
See also
- Temppeliaukio Church – a popular church in the neighboring Etu-Töölö, also part of Töölö parish
- Kunsthalle Helsinki – an art exhibition venue also designed by Hilding Ekelund
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Category:Lutheran churches in Helsinki
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Category:Hilding Ekelund buildings
Category:20th-century churches in Finland
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