Skogskyrkogården

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UNESCO World Heritage Site
Skogskyrkogården
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Skogskyrk Grav 2006.jpg
Country Sweden
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv
Reference 558
UNESCO region Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 1994 (18th Session)

Skogskyrkogården (official name in English: The Woodland Cemetery [1]) is a cemetery located in the Enskededalen district south of central Stockholm, Sweden. Its design reflects the development of architecture from national romantic style to mature functionalism.

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History [edit]

Resurrection Statue at the Holy Cross
Uppståndelsekapellet (the Resurrection Chapel)
Gravestone of Greta Garbo

Skogskyrkogården came about following an international competition in 1915 for the design of a new cemetery in Enskede in the southern part of Stockholm, Sweden. The design of the young architects Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz was selected. Work began in 1917 on land that had been old gravel quarries that were overgrown with pine trees and was completed three years later. The architects' use of the natural landscape created an extraordinary environment of tranquil beauty that had a profound influence on cemetery design throughout the world.

The crematorium, with its remarkable Faith, Hope, and Holy Cross Chapels was Gunnar Asplund's final work of architecture, opened shortly before his passing in 1940. In 1994, Skogskyrkogården was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site and although it does not have the number of famous interments as the Norra begravningsplatsen, its much older counterpart in northern Stockholm, it is a major tourist attraction. At the Tallum Pavilion, visitors can see an exhibition about the cemetery and the story of its origins and the two architects whose vision created it.

Skogskyrkogården is connected to a metro station by the same name (see Skogskyrkogården metro station).

Notable interments [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://www.skogskyrkogarden.se/en/

External links [edit]

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  • 1 Shared with Finland
  • 2 Shared with nine other countries

Coordinates: 59°16′32″N 18°05′58″E / 59.27556°N 18.09944°E / 59.27556; 18.09944

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