Kristuskyrkan, the Church of Christ, stands in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, at the corner of Fänrik Ståls Street and Apollonkatu. It belongs to the Swedish Methodist Church of Finland. Atte W. Willberg designed it in the Neo-Gothic style. Groundbreaking was on September 19, 1926, and it was completed and consecrated on September 23, 1928.
The bell tower is 59 meters tall and has a spire. A large rose window above the main entrance, called Praise to Creation, is by Lennart Rafael Segerstråle. A fresco by Carl August Henry Ericsson shows a tree of spiritual life with twelve doves.
The pipe organ has 15 stops and was built by Kangasala Urkutehdas. The church holds 220 people.
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