Turku Cemetery Explained
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
- Gabriel Israel Hartman (1776, Lumparland – 1809, Turku)
- William Crichton (1827, Leith – 1889, Turku)
- Arnold Majewski (1892, Tallinn – 1942, Rukajärvi)
- Akseli Karhi (1891, Turku – 1943)
- Kullervo Hurttia (1915, Eno – 1953)
- Annie Mörk (1887, Hanko – 1959, Helsinki)
- Juho Hemming Airamo (1893, Lieto – 1963, Turku)
- Rami Sarmasto (1938, Sauvo – 1965, Forssa)
- Toivo Aleksi Hämeranta (1900, Tampere – 1969, Turku)
- Senni Nieminen (1905, Turku – 1970, Turku)
- Jarno Saarinen (1945, Turku – 1973, Autodromo Nazionale Monza)
- Paavo Nurmi (1897, Turku – 1973, Helsinki)
- Mirja Mane (1929, Helsinki – 1974, Turku)
- Hugo Österman (1892, Helsinki – 1975, Helsinki)
- Armas Taipale (1890, Helsinki – 1976, Turku)
- Kaarlo Mäkinen (1892, Mariehamn – 1980, Turku)
- Wilho Ilmari (1888, Kymi – 1983, Turku)
- Kalevi Keihänen (1924 Vahto – 1995, Helsinki)
- Voitto Hellstén (1932, Pertteli – 1998, Turku)
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Sivua ei löydy | Turku Touring . 2013-10-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720200025/http://www.turkutouring.fi/public/?contentid=59101&nodeid=8136 . 2011-07-20 .
- Web site: Pieniä haudattuja tarinoita . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420135437/http://www.ts.fi/lukemisto/1074221568/Pienia+haudattuja+tarinoita . dead . April 20, 2018 . Kleemola . Jenni . Turun Sanomat . August 19, 2007 . November 16, 2020 . fi .
