St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää
Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkko
St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää
Religion
AffiliationEvangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
RegionPirkanmaa
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusrebuilt 1997–2003
Statusactive
Location
LocationVammala, Sastamala, Finland
Geographic coordinates61°21′13″N 022°56′29″E / 61.35361°N 22.94139°E / 61.35361; 22.94139
Architecture
StyleMedieval
Website
www.pyhaolavi.fi

St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää (Finnish: Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkko, Swedish: Tyrvis Sankt Olofs kyrka) is a late medieval fieldstone church in Tyrvää, Sastamala, Finland. It is located on the shore of lake Rautavesi. The church was built approximately in 1510–1516 and burnt down by a burglar on 21 September 1997.[1]

From 1997 to 2003 the church was rebuilt by local people and the interior paintings were created by painters Kuutti Lavonen and Osmo Rauhala.[1]

The reconstruction of the church is documented in the book St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää by Kuutti Lavonen, Osmo Rauhala, and Pirjo Silveri.

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