St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää (,ää ) 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.

From 1997 to 2003 the church was rebuilt by local people and the interior paintings were created by painters Kuutti Lavonen and Osmo Rauhala.

St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää

The reconstruction of the church is documented in the book St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää by Kuutti Lavonen, Osmo Rauhala, and Pirjo Silveri.

St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää

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St Olaf’s Church in Tyrvää

Contemporary church painters create spirit of renovated 16th church, in Helsingin Sanomat

St. Olaf's Church, Tyrvää

Sastamala

Medieval stone churches in Finland

Rebuilt churches

Churches completed in 1516

16th-century Lutheran churches

Buildings and structures in Pirkanmaa

Lutheran churches in Finland

Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism

Tyrvää