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 bu ...

inaugurated in 1807 and located in

Vasaramäki Vasaramäki ( sv, Hammarbacka) is a district in the Uittamo-Skanssi ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, and is mainly a low-density residential suburb. The name consists of the words meaning ...

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

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(1776,

Lumparland Lumparland is a municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. It is the smallest municipality on mainland Åland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The mun ...

– 1809,

) * William Crichton (1827,

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– 1889,

) *

Arnold Majewski Karl Arnold Woldemar Majewski ( – 10 October 1942Castrén, Klaus, GENOS - journal of the Finnish genealogy society, issue #70/1999. Accessed on 24 June 2021.) was a legendary Finnish cavalry officer of Polish origin. He was a colourful person ...

(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 Rukajärvi ( Karelian: ''Rugarvi'', Russian: Ру́гозеро, ''Rugozero''; fi, Rukajärvi) is a rural municipality and its central village in the Muyezersky District in the Republic of Karelia in Russia. It is located on the eastern shore of ...

) *

Akseli Karhi Akseli is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Akseli Anttila (1897–1953), Finnish-born Soviet major general of the Red Army * Akseli Brander (1876–1958), Finnish agronomist, educationist, farmer and politician * Aks ...

(1891, Turku – 1943) *

Kullervo Hurttia Kullervo () is an ill-fated character in the '' Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic compiled by Elias Lönnrot. Growing up in the aftermath of the massacre of his entire tribe, he comes to realise that the same people who had brought him up ...

(1915, Eno – 1953) * Annie Mörk (1887,

Hanko Hanko may refer to People * 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 2299 Hanko *Hanko, a misspellin ...

– 1959,

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

) *

Juho Hemming Airamo The Juho was a German automobile manufactured only in 1922; the small 400 cc two-stroke was the unsuccessful product of a motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike, or trike (if three-wheeled)) is a two or three-wheeled motor vehicle ...

(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 (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 ma ...

– 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 Toivo is a masculine given name most commonly found in Estonia and Finland and may refer to: * Andimba Toivo ya Toivo (1924–2017), Namibian politician and anti-Apartheid activist * Sigrid Elmblad (1860–1926), Swedish journalist, poet, translat ...

(1900,

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– 1969, Turku) *

Senni Nieminen Senni Nieminen (also known as Senni Lehto, originally Xenia Aleksandra Mäkelä, 21 March 1905 – 28 July 1970) was a Finnish actress. She worked in theatres while also appearing in films and on television. Selected filmography * ''Miehen van ...

(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 kill ...

(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 worl ...

(1897,

– 1973,

) * Mirja Mane (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 1933–1939. When the Winter War started Österman was made commander of the Army o ...

(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 The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V ol ...

(1890, Helsinki – 1976, Turku) * Kaarlo Mäkinen (1892,

Mariehamn Mariehamn ( , ; fi, Maarianhamina ; la, Portus Mariae) is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in t ...

– 1980, Turku) *

Wilho Ilmari Wilho may refer to *Wilho Laine (1875–1918), Finnish politician *Oskari Wilho Louhivuori (1884–1953), Finnish politician *Wilho Saari, Finnish-American musician *Wilho Sipilä Frans Wilhelm (Wilho) Sipilä (7 August 1858, Vahto - 8 March 1917) ...

(1888,

Kymi Kymi may refer to: *Kymi, Greece, a town in Euboea, Greece *Kymi, Finland, a former municipality in Finland *Kymi (constituency), a constituency in the Finnish Parliament *Kymi (region), or ''Kymenlaakso'', the region of Finland *Kymi B.C., a basket ...

– 1983, Turku) *

Kalevi Keihänen Åke Kalevi Keihänen (28 June 1924 – 9 February 1995) was a Finnish travel agency entrepreneur, director of Keihäsmatkat and a groundbreaking figure in Finnish tourism.Nuorteva, KristiinaKalevi Keihänen's obituary ''Helsingin Sanomat'' 9 Febr ...

(1924

Vahto Vahto () is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Rusko on January 1, 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,876 (2004-12-31) ...

– 1995, Helsinki) * Voitto Hellstén (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

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