Nordre Cemetery (Northern Cemetery) is a cemetery in
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...
, Denmark. It was established in 1876, east of
Aarhus University
Aarhus University (, abbreviated AU) is a public research university. Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the second largest and second oldest university in Denmark. The university is part of the Coimbra Group, the Guild, and Ut ...
and
Aarhus University Hospital by ''Nørrebrogade''.
Nordre Cemetery was established from the early 1870s to 1892 and was inaugurated in 1876. The cemetery replaced ''Søndre Kirkegård'' formerly located on the site of the
present day city hall. The chapel is architecturally in
Neo-Romanesque style and was inaugurated in 1880. The chapel was remodelled in 1909 and a crematorium was added in the basement in 1941.
Nordre Cemetery has been expanded several times in 1891, 1892, 1899 and 1912. In 1920 it was decided to establish
Vestre Kirkegård since Nordre Kirkegård was filling up and the new cemetery was inaugurated 7 years later.
Enrico Mylius Dalgas,
Peter Sabroe,
Hans Broge and
Herman Salling are interred in Nordre Kirkegård.
Graves
Some notable people buried at Nordre Cemetery include:
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Hans Broge, merchant and politician (1822-1908)
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Enrico Mylius Dalgas, engineer (1828-1894)
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Rudolf Frimodt Clausen, architect (1861-1950)
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Carl Hammerich, admiral and naval officer (1888-1945)
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Julius Høegh-Guldberg, officer, commissioner and politician (1779-1861)
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Hans Peter Ingerslev, politician and minister (1831-1896)
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Jørgen Jensen, athlete (1944-2009)
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Carl Vilhelm Puck, architect (1882-1954)
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Vilhelm Carl Puck (Vilhelm Puck), architect (1844-1926)
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Peter Sabroe, journalist, politician, and children's rights advocate (1867-1913)
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Ferdinand Salling, merchant and entrepreneur (1880-1953)
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Herman Salling, merchant and director. Son of Ferdinand Salling (1919-2006)
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Svend Unmack Larsen, minister and mayor of Aarhus (1945–1958)
References
External links
{{commons category, Nordre Kirkegård, Aarhus
Official websiteAarhus Encyclopedia
Parks in Aarhus
Cemeteries in Denmark
1876 establishments in Denmark