Turku Cemetery ( fi, Turun hautausmaa, sv, Åbo begravningsplats) is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

inaugurated in 1807 and located in Vasaramäki on the south-eastern outskirts of the city of

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

. The drawings of the cemetery has been prepared by the architect Charles Bassi. In the cemetery there are two chapels complexes. The Resurrection Chapel or ''Ylösnousemuskappeli/Uppståndelsekapellet'' was completed in 1941 by architect

Erik Bryggman Erik William Bryggman (7 February 1891 – 21 December 1955) was a Finnish architect. He was born in Turku, the youngest of the five sons of Johan Ulrik Bryggman (1838–1911) and Wendla Gustava Bryggman (née Nordström) (1852–1903). H ...

. The ''Heliga Korsets'' chapel and crematorium is inaugurated in 1967 by architect Pekka Pitkänen. The first buried person in the cemetery was William Archibald Cramp, who died in 1806 on his way from

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

to Turku.

Notable interments

* Gabriel Israel Hartman (1776, Lumparland – 1809,

) * William Crichton (1827,

Leith Leith (; gd, Lìte) is a port area in the north of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith. In 2021, it was ranked by ''Time Out'' as one of the top five neighbourhoods to live in the world. The earliest ...

– 1889,

) * Arnold Majewski (1892,

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

– 1942, Rukajärvi) * Akseli Karhi (1891, Turku – 1943) * Kullervo Hurttia (1915, Eno – 1953) * Annie Mörk (1887,

Hanko Hanko may refer to People *August Hanko (military personnel), August Hanko, German First World War flying ace Places *Hanko, Finland, town and municipality *Hanko Peninsula, Finland *Hankø, an island in the Oslo Fjord in Norway *The asteroid ...

– 1959,

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

) * Juho Hemming Airamo (1893,

Lieto Lieto (; sv, Lundo) is a a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The p ...

– 1963,

) *

Rami Sarmasto Raimo Sulo Virtanen (August 24, 1938, Sauvo – February 13, 1965, Humppila), better known by his stage name, Rami Sarmasto, was a Finnish actor and musician. Biography Raimo Sulo Virtanen was born on August 24, 1938, in Sauvo, Finland. Sarmast ...

(1938,

Sauvo Sauvo (; sv, Sagu) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Like many waterside areas near major p ...

– 1965,

Forssa Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland (Helsinki, Turku and Tampere), in the Tavastia Proper region, and which is crossed by Highway 2 ...

) * Toivo Aleksi Hämeranta (1900,

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

– 1969, Turku) * Senni Nieminen (1905, Turku – 1970, Turku) *

Jarno Saarinen Jarno Karl Keimo Saarinen (11 December 1945 – 20 May 1973) was a Finnish professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. In the early 1970s, he was considered one of the most promising and talented motorcycle racers of his era until he was kil ...

(1945, Turku – 1973, Autodromo Nazionale Monza) *

Paavo Nurmi Paavo Johannes Nurmi (; 13 June 1897 – 2 October 1973) was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" or the "Phantom Finn", as he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 official world ...

(1897,

– 1973,

) *

Mirja Mane Impi Maria Mirjami Mane (born Mirjami Manelius; 9 May 1929 – 21 April 1974) was a Finnish actress. She is best remembered for her role as the witch in a Roland af Hällström Gustaf Gabriel Roland af Hällström (23 August 1905 – 21 February 1 ...

(1929, Helsinki – 1974, Turku) *

Hugo Österman Hugo Viktor Österman (5 September 1892, Helsinki – 17 February 1975) was a Finnish lieutenant-general during World War II. He was commander of the Finnish Army The Finnish Army ( Finnish: ''Maavoimat'', Swedish: ''Armén'') is the land f ...

(1892, Helsinki – 1975, Helsinki) *

Armas Taipale Armas Rudolf Taipale (27 July 1890 – 9 November 1976) was a Finnish athlete. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won gold medals in two discus throw events, conventional and two-handed, where the total was counted as a sum of best t ...

(1890, Helsinki – 1976, Turku) * Kaarlo Mäkinen (1892, Mariehamn – 1980, Turku) * Wilho Ilmari (1888, Kymi – 1983, Turku) * Kalevi Keihänen (1924 Vahto – 1995, Helsinki) *

Voitto Hellstén Voitto Valdemar Hellsten"Voitto Hellsten ...

(1932, Pertteli – 1998, Turku)

Gallery

File: Sciurus_vulgaris_Turku_cemetery.jpg , Red squirrel on a tombstone in Turku cemetery File: Tombstoneangel.jpg , Tombstone angel in Turku cemetery File: Tombstone workshop.jpg , Tombstone workshop in Turku cemetery File: Bird_in_Turku_Cemetery.jpg , A bird in Turku Cemetery

References

External links

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