Finstrom / Finström

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view of church exterior - southeast view

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view of church interior - chancel - painting

Scene Description: 15thC?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anna Rydin, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2013 by Anna Rydin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finströms_kyrka_Aposteln_Petrus.JPG] [accessed 29 August 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the baptismal font is partially visible at the back [east], left [north] side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © WikiCraft, 2001
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2001 by WikiCraft [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finström_church_interior.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2017]
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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: mid-15thC?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ulf Rydin, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2013 by Ulf Rydin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finströms_kyrka_Altartavla.jpg] [accessed 29 August 2017]
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view of church interior - statue - St. Michael and dragon

Scene Description: dated ca. 1180? (Åsa Ringbom 2012: "in skulptur av baltisk ek, dendrokronologiskt daterad till ca 1180.")
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Anna Rydin, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2013 by Anna Rydin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finströms_kyrka_Den_leende_Sankt_Mikael.JPG] [accessed 29 August 2017]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 21451FIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Finströms kyrka
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: Pålsbölevägen, 22410 Finström, Åland, Finland
Country Name: Finland
Location: Ahvenanmaa / Åland
Directions to Site: Located off road 410, W of highway 4, N of Mariehamn, on Åland
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Borgå / Borgå Stift / Porvoon hiippakunta
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Romanesque
Church Notes: original wooden church could be late-12thC; church may be late-12thC but Hiekkanen (2007) gives the date as mid-15thC;
Font Notes:
The present baptismal font is modern [NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 60.263528, 19.930806
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 60° 15′ 48.7″ N, 19° 55′ 50.9″ E
UTM: 34V 440839 6681240