Töölö Church

Töölö church
Töölö church
Finnish: Töölön kirkko; Swedish: Tölö kyrka
	Töölö Church
Location	Taka-Töölö, Helsinki
Country	Finland
Denomination	Lutheran
History
Status	active
Architecture
Architect(s)	Hilding Ekelund
Completed	1930
Specifications
Capacity	500
Administration
Diocese	Helsinki diocese
Parish	Töölö

Töölö Church (Finnish: Töölön kirkko, Swedish: 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.^[1]

The church main hall seats 400 people. There are also two parish meeting halls for 70 and 20 people.^[1]

Töölö Church reopened in early 2016 after three and a half years of renovations.^[2]

Artwork

Töölö Church contains many pieces of art, including:^[1]

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Töölö church". Helsinki parishes. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
^ Oksanen, Kimmo (13 February 2016). "Töölön kirkko tuli remontoituna näkyviin". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 September 2016.

60°10′47″N 024°55′16″E / 60.17972°N 24.92111°E / 60.17972; 24.92111

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[toolo_church-1] "Töölö church". Helsinki parishes. Retrieved 4 July 2014.

[2] Oksanen, Kimmo (13 February 2016). "Töölön kirkko tuli remontoituna näkyviin". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 September 2016.

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