The bell chamber of St. Olaf’s Church houses three large bells. All of them were cast in the workshop of the local Tallinn master Johann Alexander Feldmann.
After the fire, a bell donated by the Brotherhood of the Blackheads of Tallinn was cast and installed in the tower in 1838.
A second bell by Feldmann was installed in the tower in 1846.
The third bell was produced by the same master with a donation from Emperor Nicholas I and was completed by 1850.
Unfortunately, no medieval bells have survived in St. Olaf’s Church, as they were destroyed in the fires that devastated the building. Historical records indicate that in the Middle Ages both chapels of St. Olaf’s Church had their own bells. However, in 1525, the bells from the church chapels had to be surrendered to the city council, as Tallinn needed the metal to cast cannons.
