The Pornainen Church (Finnish: Pornaisten kirkko; Swedish: Borgnäs kyrka) is the 20th-century granite church located in the Pornainen municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. The building was designed by Ilmari Launis, and it was completed in 1924.[1][2]
| Pornainen Church | |
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| 60°28′27″N 025°22′33″E / 60.47417°N 25.37583°E | |
| Location | Kirveskoski, Pornainen |
| Country | Finland |
| Website | www.pornaistenseurakunta.fi |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Ilmari Launis |
| Completed | 5 October 1924 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 250 |
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| Diocese | Helsinki |
| Parish | Pornainen |
The church's 12-tone pipe organ was manufactured by the Kangasala's organ factory in 1977.[3]
Sources
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edit- ^ Gummerus, Leo (1928). Kertomus Suomen evankelisluterilaisen kirkon tilasta vuosina 1923–1927 (in Finnish). Sortavala. p. 40.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Pornainen Church". Muuka.com. Churches in Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Pornaisten kirkko" (in Finnish). Suomen urut. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
External links
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Media related to Pornainen Church at Wikimedia Commons
- Pornainen Church at Pornaisten seurakunta (in Finnish)
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