This dissertation focuses on the earliest traces of brick use on the mainland of medieval Finland, when and where the brick use and brick building started, the form in which it firstappeared, and how it seems to have developed. In addition, the actors behind the building projects as well as meaning of the brick is shortly discussed. This study goes through threedifferent sites, along with their brick materials and structures: the Koroinen site, where the bishop's see was located in the 13th century; the Early Phases of Turku excavation site aroundTurku Cathedral; and a standing brick building in the Häme region, the Holy Cross Church of Hattula. All of these sites, excavated or studied through archaeology and buildingarchaeology, are unique...