Hietaniemi Cemetery
Also known as Sandudds Kyrkogård
Helsinki, Helsinki Municipality, Uusimaa, Finland
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Hietaniemi Cemetery is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
The cemetery includes a large military cemetery section for soldiers from the capital fallen in the wars against the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany: in the Winter War (1939–1940), the Continuation War (1941–1944) and the Lapland War (1944–1945). In the center of the military cemetery are the tombs of the unknown soldier and Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim. Other notable sections of the cemetery are the cemetery of the Finnish Guard, the Artist's Hill and the Statesmen's Grove. There are two Lutheran funerary chapels and a crematorium at the area.
Hietaniemi means "sand cape" and is a headland located centrally in Helsinki.
The cemetery is partly located at a promontory, and partly directly adjacent to the Hietaniemi Beach.
The cemetery is a popular tourist attraction, especially amongst Finns visiting the graves of relatives fallen in wars or the graves of the many famous Finns buried there since the 1820s. The cemetery includes former presidents of Finland.
Hietaniemi Cemetery is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It is the location for Finnish state funeral services and is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.
The cemetery includes a large military cemetery section for soldiers from the capital fallen in the wars against the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany: in the Winter War (1939–1940), the Continuation War (1941–1944) and the Lapland War (1944–1945). In the center of the military cemetery are the tombs of the unknown soldier and Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim. Other notable sections of the cemetery are the cemetery of the Finnish Guard, the Artist's Hill and the Statesmen's Grove. There are two Lutheran funerary chapels and a crematorium at the area.
Hietaniemi means "sand cape" and is a headland located centrally in Helsinki.
The cemetery is partly located at a promontory, and partly directly adjacent to the Hietaniemi Beach.
The cemetery is a popular tourist attraction, especially amongst Finns visiting the graves of relatives fallen in wars or the graves of the many famous Finns buried there since the 1820s. The cemetery includes former presidents of Finland.
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Helsinki, Helsinki Municipality, Uusimaa, Finland
- Total memorials340
- Percent photographed45%
- Percent with GPS44%
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- Total memorials7
- Percent photographed100%
- Percent with GPS0%
Helsinki, Helsinki Municipality, Uusimaa, Finland
- Total memorials56
- Percent photographed77%
- Percent with GPS21%
Helsinki, Helsinki Municipality, Uusimaa, Finland
- Total memorials496
- Percent photographed90%
- Percent with GPS16%
- Added: 22 Jul 2001
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 639628
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