Forssa Church

The church was built during 1915-1918 to a district called Kalliomäki, which is in the centre of Forssa. Architect Josef Stenbäck designed the church and it was inaugurated by Erkki Kaila on September 9th 1918. The style of the church is gothic. It has many beautiful and decorative features both inside and outside. The church tower rises all the way up to 45 metres and the cross at the top measures 2.7 metres.

The glass paintings of the altar are widely known. There are three of them and they symbolize the birth of the Christ, the crucifixion and the resurrection. They were made by Erik O. W. Ehrström and his wife Ollie in 1923.

There are three bells in the church tower and they were donated by K. E. Palmen. The biggest one is called De Gloria (Glory for the God), the middle size bell is called Patriae Lux (Light for the home country) and the smallest one is called Labori Pax (Peace for the work). They weigh 3 560 kg altogether. The organ of the church has been made in Espoo by an organ manufacturing company Veikko Virtanen in 1979.