Josef Stenbäck

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A National romantic church in Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast.
A National romantic church in Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast.

Josef Daniel Stenbäck (May 2, 1854, Alavus — April 27, 1929, Helsinki) was a Finnish church architect and engineer who worked in the Imperial Russia and independent Finland. He designed 35 churches for Finland and Finnish Karelia ceded to Soviet Union in 1944. Stenbäck's churches represent Romantic nationalism or Gothic Revival.

[edit] Churches in Finland designed by Josef Stenbäck

  • Wooden churches
  • Keikyä (1912)
  • Pulkkila (1909)
  • Killinkoski (1928)
  • Hankasalmi (1982)
  • Brick churches
  • Forssa (1917)
  • Kotka (1898)
  • Vehmersalmi (1920)
  • Kauhava (1925)
  • Rantasalmi (1904, burned 1984)
  • Stone churches
  • Alahärmä (1903)
  • Hirvensalmi (1915)
  • Koivisto (1904)
  • Muuruvesi (1894)
  • Raahe (1912)
  • Terijoki (1908)
  • Eura (1898)
  • Joutseno (1921)
  • Kuolemajärvi (1902, demolished in 1939)
  • Nilsiä (1905)
  • Räisälä (1913)
  • Varpaisjärvi (1904)
  • Hartola (1913)
  • Karuna (1910)
  • Luvia (1910)
  • Pyhäranta (1909)
  • Sonkajärvi (1910)
  • Vuolijoki (1906)
  • Roughcast churches
  • Humppila (1922)
  • Pattijoki (1912)
  • Kemi (1902)
  • Savitaipale (1924)
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