Josef Stenbäck

Josef Stenbäck at old age

A National romantic church in Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast.

Josef Daniel Stenbäck (May 2, 1854, Alavus — April 27, 1929, Helsinki) was a Finnish church architect and engineer. He designed 35 churches for Finland, which until 1917 was part of the Russian Empire. Four of the churches were located in the current Russian territory of the Karelian Isthmus, ceded to the Soviet Union in 1944. Stenbäck's churches represent Romantic nationalism or Gothic Revival. One of his most famous works is the Juselius Mausoleum.

Churches in Finland designed by Josef Stenbäck

• Wooden churches

Heinävesi (1892) Luhanka (1883)

Keikyä (1912) Pulkkila (1909)

Killinkoski (1928) Hankasalmi (1882)

• Brick churches

Forssa (1917) Kotka (1898) Vehmersalmi (1920)

Joensuu (1903) Mikkeli (1897)

Kauhava (1925) Rantasalmi (1904, burned 1984)

• Stone churches

Alahärmä (1903) Hirvensalmi (1915) Koivisto (1904) Muuruvesi (1894) Raahe (1912) Terijoki (1908)

Eura (1898) Joutseno (1921) Kuolemajärvi (1902, demolished in 1939) Nilsiä (1905) Räisälä (1913) Varpaisjärvi (1904)

Hartola (1913) Karuna (1910) Luvia (1910) Pyhäranta (1909) Sonkajärvi (1910) Vuolijoki (1906)

• Roughcast churches

Humppila (1922) Pattijoki (1912)

Kemi (1902) Savitaipale (1924)

References

• Suominen-Kokkonen, R. (2007) Stenbäck, Josef (1854 - 1929) - arkkitehti, Helsingin teollisuuskoulun opettaja Kansallisbiografia (Finnish National Biography) (in Finnish)