The Degerby Church (; ) is the 20th-century church located in the village of

Degerby Degerby is a former Finnish municipality located in Uusimaa region in Finland. Degerby was founded in 1867 after it gained its independence from the municipality of Ingå. The municipality ceased to exist in 1945 after major part of it became a p ...

in the Ingå municipality in

Uusimaa Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, alo ...

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. The Empire-style church was designed by and it was completed in 1932. After

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, the church was part of the Porkkala area, which was leased to the

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until 1956. The church was rededicated in 1958, when the area was returned to Finland. Although 10 million

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s were spent on the church's repair work, it was preserved from destruction because it was actively used by Russian soldiers as a saloon and

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. The golden cross in the church tower was lost during the lease period, but a new one was added finally in 2018. The church's 9-tone mechanical Walker

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was acquired in 1965.

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