Finnish Church, Stockholm

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Finnish Church
Finska kyrkan
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The Finnish Church in April 2008
Finnish Church, Stockholm
Location Stockholm
Country Sweden
Denomination Church of Sweden
Administration
Parish Stockholm Finnish Parish
Diocese Stockholm

The Finnish Church (Finnish : Suomalainen kirkko, Swedish : Finska kyrkan) is a church building in Gamla stan in Stockholm, Sweden. Belonging to the Stockholm Finnish Parish of the Church of Sweden, it was opened in 1725 after the Lilla Bollhuset building had been rebuilt into a church. [1]

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References

  1. "Finska kyrkans historia" (in Swedish). Church of Sweden. Retrieved 6 January 2015.

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