Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal position as a national church in the country, along with the Orthodox Church of Finland.
Turku Cathedral, the primatial and mother church of Finland
The sixteenth-century Hollola church which was converted during the Reformation
The seal of the Diocese of Turku during the 16th and 17th centuries featured the finger of St Henry. The post-Reformation diocese included the relic of a pre-Reformation saint in its seal.
The Cathedral of Turku is considered the national shrine of Finland, and is the seat of its de facto primate.
A national church is a Christian church associated with a specific ethnic group or nation state. The idea was notably discussed during the 19th century, during the emergence of modern nationalism.
A Church of Denmark parish church in Holte, with the Dannebrog flying in its churchyard