Savonlinna Cathedral is a Gothic Revival church in Savonlinna, Finland, that holds 1,000 people. Governor Aleksander Thesleff ordered a church built in Savonniemi in 1850, because residents had to attend the church in Sääminki, though construction did not start until 1874. Axel Hampus Dalström made the original design, and construction ran from 1874 to 1878.
In 1896 the new Diocese of Savonlinna was founded, and the church became a cathedral. Its first bishop was Gustaf Johansson. In 1925 the bishop's seat moved to Vyborg, but the church kept the name cathedral.
Bombing damaged the church in the Winter War. Bertel Liljeqvist restored it in 1947 and 1948, and Ansu Ånström renovated it in 1990 and 1991.
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