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| name                   = Degerby Church
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| native_name            = {{lang-sv|Degerby kyrka}}<br />{{lang-fi|Degerbyn kirkko}}
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| location               = [[Degerby]], [[Ingå]], [[Uusimaa]]
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| architect              = Bertel Liljequist
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| parish                 = Ingå
| diocese                = [[Diocese of Porvoo|Porvoo]]
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The '''Degerby Church''' ({{lang-sv|Degerby kyrka}}; {{lang-fi|Degerbyn kirkko}}) is the 20th-century church located in the village of [[Degerby]] in the [[Ingå|Ingå municipality]] in [[Uusimaa]], [[Finland]]. The [[Empire style|Empire-style]] church was designed by {{ill|Bertel Liljequist|fi}} and it was completed in 1932.<ref name="degerby" /><ref name="tiekirkot">{{cite web|url=https://www.tiekirkot.fi/kirkot/degerbyn-kirkko/|title=Degerbyn kirkko|publisher=Tiekirkot|access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>

After [[World War II]], the church was part of the [[Porkkala]] area, which was leased to the [[Soviet Union]] until 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://degerby.fi/en/history/the-parentheses|title=The Porkkala Parenthesis: The lease period of Porkkala 1944-1956|publisher=Degerby|access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> The church was rededicated in 1958, when the area was returned to Finland.<ref name="tiekirkot"/> Although 10 million [[Finnish markka]]s were spent on the church's repair work, it was preserved from destruction because it was actively used by Russian soldiers as a [[Ballroom|saloon]] and [[Movie theater|cinema]].<ref name="degerby">{{cite web|url=https://www.degerby.fi/en/the-village/the-church|title=The Church|publisher=Degerby|access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> The golden cross in the church tower was lost during the lease period, but a new one was added finally in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkkonummensanomat.fi/mobile/neo/?app=NeoDirect&com=6/159/47673/f170650ee5|title=Kirkko, risti ja ydinsota ovat Degerby Igorin uudet teemat|first=Lena|last=Selén|work=Kirkkonummen Sanomat|date=19 May 2019|access-date=2 February 2024|language=fi}}</ref>

The church's 9-tone mechanical Walker [[pipe organ]] was acquired in 1965.<ref name="tiekirkot"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://suomenurut.fi/inkoo/degerbyn-kirkko/|title=Degerbyn kirkko|date=24 September 2017 |publisher=Suomen urut|access-date=2 February 2024|language=fi}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Saint Nicholas Church, Ingå]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{commonscat-inline|Degerby Church}}
* [https://www.ingaforsamling.fi/kyrkor-och-lokaler/degerby-kyrka Degerby Church] at Ingå församling (in Swedish)

[[Category:20th-century churches in Finland]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Uusimaa]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1932]]
[[Category:Ingå]]

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