Turku Cemetery

The family grave of William Crichton in Turku Cemetery

Turku Cemetery (Finnish: Turun hautausmaa, Swedish: Åbo begravningsplats) is a cemetery inaugurated in 1807 and located in Vasaramäki on the south-eastern outskirts of the city of Turku.

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. The Heliga Korsets chapel and crematorium is inaugurated in 1967 by architect Pekka Pitkänen.^[1]

The first buried person in the cemetery was William Archibald Cramp, who died in 1806 on his way from St. Petersburg to Turku.^[2]

Notable interments[]

The family grave of Paavo Nurmi

(January 28, 1776, Lumparland - March 1, 1809, Turku)
William Crichton (November 29, 1827, Leith - April 10, 1889, Turku)
Arnold Majewski (December 11, 1892, Tallinn - October 10, 1942, Rukajärvi)
(July 18, 1891, Turku - May 3, 1943)
(September 30, 1915, Eno - October 28, 1953)
(February 28, 1887, Hanko - July 22, 1959, Helsinki)
(August 22, 1893, Lieto - September 24, 1963, Turku)
Rami Sarmasto (August 24, 1938, Sauvo - February 13, 1965, Forssa)
(September 20, 1900, Tampere - November 15, 1969, Turku)
Senni Nieminen (March 21, 1905, Turku - July 28, 1970, Turku)
Jarno Saarinen (December 11, 1945, Turku - May 20, 1973, Autodromo Nazionale Monza)
Paavo Nurmi (June 13, 1897, Turku - October 2, 1973, Helsinki)
Mirja Mane (May 9, 1929, Helsinki - April 21, 1974, Turku)
Hugo Österman (September 4, 1892, Helsinki - February 17, 1975, Helsinki)
Armas Taipale (July 27, 1890, Helsinki - November 9, 1976, Turku)
Kaarlo Mäkinen (May 14, 1892, Mariehamn - May 11, 1980, Turku)
(April 24, 1888, Kymi - March 18, 1983, Turku)
Kalevi Keihänen (June 28, 1924 Vahto - February 9, 1995, Helsinki)
Voitto Hellstén (February 15, 1932, Pertteli - December 7, 1998, Turku)

Gallery[]

Red squirrel on a tombstone in Turku cemetery
Tombstone angel in Turku cemetery
Tombstone workshop in Turku cemetery
A bird in Turku Cemetery

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2013-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Kleemola, Jenni (August 19, 2007). "Pieniä haudattuja tarinoita" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. Retrieved November 16, 2020.

External links[]

Media related to Turku cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
Homepage (in Finnish only)

Coordinates: 60°26′0″N 022°18′30″E / 60.43333°N 22.30833°E / 60.43333; 22.30833

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2013-10-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Kleemola, Jenni (August 19, 2007). "Pieniä haudattuja tarinoita" (in Finnish). Turun Sanomat. Retrieved November 16, 2020.

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