Hyvinkää Church, also known as The New Church of Hyvinkää, is a modernist

Modern architecture

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 church located in the town of Hyvinkää

Hyvinkää

Hyvinkää is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The town was chartered in 1960. Hyvinkää belongs to the Province of Southern Finland. The population of Hyvinkää is ....

, Finland

Finland

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. It was designed by architect

Architect

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 Professor

Professor

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 Aarno Ruusuvuori

Aarno Ruusuvuori

Aarno Emil Ruusuvuori was a Finnish architect, professor and director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture...

 and built in 1961.

Description

The pyramid-like Hyvinkää Church is probably the best-known building in Hyvinkää. The church is large, it is 32 metres (105 ft) high and has 630 seats.
The surface area of the church is 1779 square metres (2,127.7 sq yd). Wide windows produce the lighting, behind the altar

Altar

An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes. Altars are usually found at shrines, and they can be located in temples, churches and other places of worship...

 is a large window.

The organ

Organ (music)

The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

was built in 1977 by Hans Heinrich and has 35 stops.

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