Ruokolahti Church (Finnish: Ruokolahden kirkko, Swedish: Ruokolax kyrka) is the Lutheran church in the town centre of Ruokolahti, in south-eastern Finland, and the main church of the Ruokolahti parish.
The church was designed in 1852 by a leading architect of the mid-19th century in Finland, Ernst Lohrmann, constructed of timber, and completed in 1854.[1][2] The belfry predates the current church by 100 years, having been built in 1752 for the previous church in the same spot.[1] The church and belfry have been designated and protected by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö).[2]
The current altarpiece is a 1915 painting by Alexandra Frosterus-Såltin, titled Kristus ristillä ('Christ on the cross'). It is her 50th and final altarpiece.[1]
Ruokolahti Church is featured in a famous 1887 painting by Albert Edelfelt, Ruokolahden eukkoja kirkonmäellä (lit. 'Women outside the Church at Ruokolahti'), housed in the Ateneum art museum of the Finnish National Gallery in Helsinki.[3]
Finnish veteran Simo Häyhä, known better by his epithet the "White death" is buried in the graveyard.
Interior
Belfry
'Women outside the Church at Ruokolahti' (1887), Albert Edelfelt
^ abcde"Church Hill". Ruokolahti.fi. Ruokolahti Municipality. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ ab"Kohdetiedot - Ruokolahden kirkko ja kellotapuli". RKY.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^"Women Outside the Church at Ruokolahti". Kansallisgalleria.fi. Finnish National Gallery. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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Belfry
'Women outside the Church at Ruokolahti' (1887), Albert Edelfelt
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