St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää

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]

St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää
Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin kirkko
St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää
Religion
Affiliation	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	rebuilt 1997–2003
Status	active
Location
Location	Vammala, Sastamala, Finland
Geographic coordinates	61°21′13″N 022°56′29″E
Architecture
Style	Medieval
Website
www.pyhaolavi.fi

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.