Oulu Cathedral was built as a tribute to the Swedish king Gustav III and named after his wife, Sofia Magdalena. The infobox lists Daniel Hagman as the original architect and Carl Ludvig Engel as the one who later altered it. It was completed in 1777, and the infobox gives the style as Neoclassical.
A large fire burned the wooden structures in 1822, according to the text, although the linked article is titled as the 1882 fire, so the date is inconsistent. Engel designed the rebuild, on top of the old stone walls, and restoration was completed in 1832. The belfry was erected in 1845.
The cathedral has one dome and one spire, 185 feet (56.5 m) high, and seats 2,400. It is the Evangelical Lutheran cathedral and seat of the Diocese of Oulu. The article gives no other materials and no access details.
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