List of medieval stone churches in Finland

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This is a list of medieval stone churches in Finland. A total number of 104 fieldstone churches were built between the 13th and 16th century, of which 83 have been preserved. Numbers include the sacristies of uncompleted churches as well as three churches in Vyborg which is now part of Russia.

The construction years for each church are listed in accordance with the 1994 PhD thesis of historian Markus Hiekkanen, "Suomen keskiajan kivikirkot" (Finnish medieval stone churches), although since the publication of his thesis it has emerged that some historians disagree with some of the dates he offers. Until Hiekkanen's research, most of the churches were generally considered 100–200 years older.

The provinces in this list refer to the historical provinces of Finland which differ from the modern regions of Finland.

Number of churches by province[]

Finland Proper[]

Church	Image	Original parish	Current municipality	Built	Notes
Halikko Church		Halikko	Halikko	1460–1475	expanded 1813–1815
		Kalanti	Uusikaupunki	1430–1450
		Kimito	Kimitoön	1460s
		Kisko	Kisko	1510–1530
		Diocese of Finland	Turku	1266–1286	foundations, destroyed 1396
		Korpo	Pargas	1430s–1440s
		Laitila	Laitila	1460–1483
		Lemu	Masku	1460–1480
		Lieto	Lieto	1470s–1480s
		Marttila	Marttila	1500–1540	ruins
		Masku	Masku	1490–1510
		Mynämäki	Mynämäki	1425–1440
Naantali Church		Nådendal Abbey	Naantali	1480s
		Nagu	Nagu	1430–1450
		Nousiainen	Nousiainen	1420s–1430s
		Pargas	Pargas	1440s/1450s
		Perniö	Salo	1460–1480
		Pertteli	Salo	1500–1520
		Piikkiö	Kaarina	1500–1560	demolished, no remains found
		Pöytyä	Pöytyä	1500–1560	demolished 1805, no remains found
		Raisio	Raisio	1500–1520
		Rusko	Rusko	1510–1530
		Rymättylä	Naantali	1510s
Sauvo Church		Sauvo	Sauvo	1460–1472
		Uskela	Salo	1500–1520	demolished 1832, memorial 1953
St. Catherine's Church		Turku	Turku	1440s–1450s
St. Mary's Church		Maaria	Turku	1440s
		Taivassalo	Taivassalo	1425–1440
Turku Cathedral		Archdiocese of Turku	Turku	1400s–1410s
			Turku	1430s	no remains found
		Vehmaa	Vehmaa	1425–1440

Karelia[]

Church	Image	Original parish	Current municipality	Built	Notes
			Vyborg	1481	destroyed by fire 1738, rebuilt 1828-1833, destroyed by fire 1989
			Vyborg	1495–1497	demolished 1741
		Vehkalahti	Hamina	1430–1470	destroyed by fire 1821, rebuilt
		Virolahti	Virolahti	1500–1530
		Vyborg	Vyborg	1435–1445	ruins, destroyed 1940

Ostrobothnia[]

Church	Image	Original parish	Current municipality	Built	Notes
		Alatornio	Tornio	1500–1513	expanded 1794–1797
		Isokyrö	Isokyrö	1513–1533
			Kokkola	1500–1530	expanded 1788–1789
		Kemi	Keminmaa	1520–1553
		Närpes	Närpes	1550–1555
Pedersöre Church		Pedersöre	Jakobstad	1510–1520	expanded 1787–1795
		Korsholm	Vaasa	1500–1520	ruins, destroyed by fire 1852
		Vörå	Vörå	1519–1522	ruins beneath the 1626 church

Satakunta[]

Church	Image	Original parish	Current municipality	Built	Notes
Church of the Holy Cross			Rauma	1515–1520
		Huittinen	Huittinen	1500	expanded 1793 and 1860
		Kokemäki	Kokemäki	1500–1540
		Köyliö	Köyliö	early 16th century	no remains found
		Lempäälä	Lempäälä	1502–1505	expanded 1806 and 1835–1838
		Loimaa	Loimaa	1500–1560	demolished 1751, no remains found
		Messukylä	Tampere	1510–1530
			Nokia	1505–1529	foundations, demolished 1760s
		Karkku	Sastamala	1497–1505
St. Olaf's Church		Tyrvää	Sastamala	1506–1516	interior destroyed by fire 1997
St. Olaf's Church		Ulvila	Ulvila	1495–1510
		Rauma	Rauma	1495–1505	ruins, destroyed by fire 1640
		Vesilahti	Vesilahti	1485–1500	demolished 1839

Savonia[]

Church	Image	Original parish	Current municipality	Built	Notes
Savilahti Stone Sacristy		Savilahti	Mikkeli	1520–1560	abandoned 18th century, restored 1901

Tavastia[]

Church	Image	Original parish	Current municipality	Built	Notes
		Akaa	Akaa	ca. 1510
		Hauho	Hämeenlinna	1500–1520
		Hollola	Hollola	1495–1510
Holy Cross Church		Hattula	Hattula	1472–1490
		Koski	Hämeenkoski	1510–1560	ruins, abandoned early 17th century
		Janakkala	Janakkala	1510–1520	expanded 1840s
		Kalvola	Hämeenlinna	1495–1505
Lammi Church		Lammi	Hämeenlinna	1510s
		Padasjoki	Padasjoki	1520–1560	demolished 1660s, present church 1670
		Renko	Hämeenlinna	1510–1550
		Somero	Somero	1490s
		Pälkäne	Pälkäne	1495–1505	ruins, abandoned 1839
		Sysma	Sysmä	1510–1520	expanded 1833–1834
		Sääksmäki	Valkeakoski	1495–1500	destroyed by fire 1929, rebuilt 1933
		Tammela	Tammela	1530–1550
		Tuulos	Hämeenlinna	1510–1540
			Hattula	early 16th century
		Urjala	Urjala	1520–1540
		Vanaja	Hämeenlinna	1495–1510

Uusimaa[]

Church	Image	Original parish	Current municipality	Built	Notes
Espoo Cathedral		Espoo	Espoo	1485–1490	expanded 1821–1823
		Ingå	Ingå	1430–1520
		Karis	Raseborg	1465–1470
		Kirkkonummi	Kirkkonummi	1400–1490	expanded 18th and 19th century
Lohja Church		Lohja	Lohja	1470–1490
		Pernå	Loviisa	1410–1442
		Pohja	Raseborg	1475–1480
Porvoo Cathedral		Porvoo	Porvoo	1414–1450
		Pyhtää	Pyhtää	1462
		Sipoo	Sipoo	1450–1454
		Siuntio	Siuntio	1460–1489
		Tenala	Raseborg	1460–1480
Church of St. Lawrence		Helsingin pitäjän kirkonkylä	Vantaa	1450s
		Vihti	Vihti	1500–1520	ruins, abandoned 1801

Åland[]

Church	Image	Original parish	Current municipality	Built	Notes
Church of St. Olaf		Jomala	Jomala	1275–1285
		Eckerö	Eckerö	1380–1420
		Finström	Finström	1440–1470
		Föglö	Föglö	1500–1520	expanded 1859–1860
		Geta	Geta	1510–1540
		Hammarland	Hammarland	14th century
		Kumlinge	Kumlinge	1500–1510
			Kökar	1500–1520	abandoned late 16th century, present church 1784
		Lemland	Lemland	1500–1530	abandoned late 16th century, renovated 1890s
		Lemland	Lemland	1290–1310
		Saltvik	Saltvik	1350s–1370s
		Sund	Sund	late 13th century
		Vårdö	Vårdö	1520–1550

Sources[]

• Hiekkanen, Markus: "Suomen keskiajan kivikirkot". Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2007. ISBN 978-951-746-861-9.

See also[]

• Architecture of Finland

External links[]

• Media related to Medieval churches in Finland at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Fieldstone churches in Finland at Wikimedia Commons