Skogskyrkogården

Skogskyrkogården ( the Cemetery of Wood ) is a Cimetière located at Stockholm in Sweden.

It was built following a contest of Architecture which took place in 1915, and which aimed at establishing the plans of a new cemetery in the south of Stockholm. The winners of the contest were Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, two young representatives of the functionalist movement . Work began in 1917 and finished in 1920. The architects took as a starting point the existing landscape to create a particularly pleasant and attractive environment which then inspired many cemeteries all over the world.

Skogskyrkogården was in December 1994 registers with the Liste of the world heritage by UNESCO, and is a very visited place of Stockholm. However, relatively few personalities rest there compared to Norra begravningsplatsen, the cemetery of the north of Stockholm.

The following people rest in Skogskyrkogården:

Gunnar Asplund (1885-1940), architect
Greta Garbo (1905-1990), actress
Ivar Lo-Johansson (1901-1990), writer
Oscar A.C. Lund (1885-1963), actor and film producer dumb men
Lennart Skoglund (1929-1975), glory of football
Per Yngve Ohlin (1969 - 1991), former singer of the group of Black Metal MAYHEM

External bonds

the official site

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