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St. Michael's Church, Tallinn

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in 1710, the church of the congregation, at the time housed in the church of the former monastery of St. Michael, was however taken over by the Russian authorities and used as a Russian garrison church. For some years during the early 1700s the congregation was therefore without a church until they
114:, most Estonian Swedes fled the country and resettled in Sweden, and the Soviet authorities expropriated the building which was used as a sports club until the restoration of Estonia's independence in 1991. In 1992, following a state visit by the 118:, the building once more passed into the hands of the Estonian-Swedish congregation. The church was reconsecrated after a period of repairs in 2002. Apart from the aforementioned Gothic vaulting, the church is notable for its fine 86:
and congregation has probably existed in Tallinn since the Middle Ages, but the first written reference of Swedish congregation dates from 1531. After the Swedish defeat during the
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or hospital complex and the interior of the church is to this day dominated by the heavy medieval vaulting. During the upheavals of
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The building they were granted had been part of a medieval
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altar (artist Joachim Armbrust) and baptistery (artist
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Estonian
Swedish
Lutheran
Swedish
Tallinn
Estonia
The altar of St. Michael's Church
Swedish-speaking minority
Great Northern War
province of Estonia
Russia
almshouse
World War II
Soviet occupation of Estonia
king of Sweden
baroque
Christian Ackermann
"A Brief History of St. Michael's Swedish Parish"
"Svenska S:t Mikaelskyrkan, Tallinn"
"Swedish St. Michael's Church"

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
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