Hietaniemi Cemetery

Hietaniemi cemetery
Hietaniemi cemetery
Details
Established	1829
Location	Lapinlahti,Länsisatama,Helsinki
Country	Finland
Coordinates	60°10′10″N024°55′04″E
Type	Public
Owned by	Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Parishes in Helsinki
Website	helsinginseurakunnat.fi
Find a Grave	Hietaniemi cemetery

An aerial photograph of the area in the cemetery where soldiers killed in theSecond World Warare buried

TheHietaniemi cemetery(Finnish:Hietaniemen hautausmaa,Swedish:Sandudds begravningsplats) is located mainly in theLapinlahtiquarter and partly in theEtu-Töölödistrict ofHelsinki,thecapitalofFinland.It is the location for Finnishstate funeralservices and is owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.

The cemetery includes a largemilitary cemeterysection for soldiers from the capital fallen in the wars against theSoviet UnionandNazi Germany:in theWinter War(1939–1940), theContinuation War(1941–1944) and theLapland War(1944–1945). In the centre of the military cemetery are the tombs of theunknown soldierand MarshalC. G. E. Mannerheim.Other notable sections of the cemetery are the cemetery of theFinnish Guard,the Artist's Hill and the Statesmen's Grove. There are two Lutheran funerary chapels and a crematorium at the area.

Hietaniemimeans "sand cape" and is aheadlandlocated centrally in Helsinki.

Description

The cemetery is partly located at apromontory,and partly directly adjacent to theHietaniemi Beach.

Thecemeteryis a populartourist attraction,especially amongstFinnsvisiting the graves of relatives fallen in wars or the graves of the many famous Finns buried there since the 1820s.

Four other cemeteries are also located at the greater cemetery district of Hietaniemi: the HelsinkiJewishcemetery, the HelsinkiIslamiccemetery, the HelsinkiOrthodoxcemetery and the cemetery of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Parish.

In the 2010s, it was confirmed that an extensivecatacombnetwork was located beneath the Orthodox cemetery.

Notable interments

Grave ofZacharias Topelius

See also:Category:Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery

• Carl Ludvig Engel(July 3, 1778,Charlottenburg– May 4, 1840, Helsinki)
• Georg August Wallin(October 24, 1811,Sund– October 23, 1852)
• Zachris Topelius(January 14, 1818,Kuddnäs– March 12, 1898,Sipoo)
• Fredrik Pacius(March 19, 1809,Hamburg– January 8, 1901, Helsinki)
• Lorenz Leonard Lindelöf(November 13, 1827,Karvia– March 3, 1908, Helsinki)
• Paavo Cajander(December 24, 1846,Hämeenlinna– June 14, 1913, Helsinki)
• Janis Rozentāls(March 18, 1866,Saldus parish– December 26, 1916, Helsinki)
• Verna Erikson(1893–1918)
• Toivo Kuula(July 7, 1883 – May 18, 1918)
• Oskar Merikanto(August 5, 1868, Helsinki – February 17, 1924)
• Usko Nyström(September 8, 1861,Virrat– January 6, 1925,Kotka)
• I. K. Inha(November 12, 1865 Virrat – April 3, 1930, Helsinki)
• Artur Sirk(September 25, 1900,Pruuna– August 2, 1937,Echternach)
• Lauri Kristian Relander(May 31, 1883,Kurkijoki– February 9, 1942, Helsinki),2nd President of the Republic of Finland
• Leevi Madetoja(17 February 1887,Oulu– 6 October 1947,Helsinki)
• Eemil Halonen(May 21, 1875,Lapinlahti– November 5, 1950, Helsinki)
• Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim(June 4, 1867,Askainen– January 27, 1951,Lausanne),6th President of the Republic of Finland
• Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg(January 28, 1865,Suomussalmi– September 22, 1952, Helsinki),1st President of the Republic of Finland
• Risto Ryti(February 3, 1889, Huittinen – October 25, 1956, Helsinki),5th President of the Republic of Finland
• Juho Kusti Paasikivi(November 27, 1870,Koski Hl– December 14, 1956, Helsinki),7th President of the Republic of Finland
• Viktor Jansson(1886, Helsinki – 1958, Helsinki)
• Aarre Merikanto(June 29, 1893, Helsinki – September 28, 1958, Helsinki)
• Michael Schilkin(May 1, 1900,Trubino– May 3, 1962)
• Anna Vyrubova(July 16, 1884,Oranienbaum– July 20, 1964, Helsinki)
• Väinö Tanner(March 12, 1881,Helsinki- April 19, 1966,Helsinki),10th Prime minister of the Republic of Finland
• Kalervo Kallio(March 28, 1909,Nivala– November 2, 1969, Helsinki)
• Aladár Paasonen(December 11, 1898,Budapest– July 6, 1974,Flourtown)
• Alvar Aalto(February 3, 1898,Kuortane– May 11, 1976, Helsinki)
• Erik von Frenckell(November 18, 1887, Helsinki – September 13, 1977,Espoo)
• Karl Lennart Oesch(August 8, 1892,Pyhäjärvi– March 28, 1978, Helsinki)
• Mika Waltari(September 19, 1908, Helsinki – August 26, 1979, Helsinki)
• Urho Kekkonen(September 3, 1900,Pielavesi– August 31, 1986, Helsinki),8th President of the Republic of Finland
• Henry Theel(November 14, 1917, Helsinki – December 19, 1989)
• Gustaf Magnusson(December 8, 1902,Ylitornio– December 27, 1993, Helsinki)
• Elissa Aalto(November 22, 1922,Kemi– April 12, 1994, Helsinki)
• Petri Walli(February 25, 1969,Helsinki– June 28, 1995, Helsinki)
• Heimo Haitto(May 22, 1925,Ruokolahti– June 9, 1999,Marbella)
• Jack Witikka(December 20, 1916, Helsinki – January 28, 2002, Helsinki)
• Adolf Ehrnrooth(February 9, 1905, Helsinki – February 26, 2004,Turku)
• Erik Bergman(November 24, 1911,Nykarleby– April 24, 2006, Helsinki)
• Timo Sarpaneva(October 31, 1926, Helsinki – October 6, 2006, Helsinki)
• Tony HalmeJanuary 6, 1963, Helsinki – January 8, 2010, Helsinki)
• Ukri Merikanto(March 30, 1950 – July 25, 2010)
• Anita Välkki(October 25, 1926,Sääksmäki– April 27, 2011, Helsinki)
• Harri Holkeri(January 6, 1937,Oripää– August 7, 2011, Helsinki)
• Paavo Berglund(April 14, 1929,Helsinki– January 25, 2012, Helsinki)
• Mauno Koivisto(November 25, 1923,Turku– May 12, 2017,Helsinki),9th President of the Republic of Finland
• Martti Ahtisaari(June 23, 1937, Viipuri - October 16, 2023,Helsinki),10th President of the Republic of Finland
• Aira Samulin(February 27, 1927, Ignoila,Salmi- October 23, 2023,Helsinki)

See also

• Malmi Cemetery
• List of burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery
• List of national cemeteries

External links

• Hietaniemi cemetery(in Finnish)
• Hietaniemi cemeteryatFind a Grave
• *"Famous Estonians and the Friends of Estonia at Hietaniemi"(in Estonian). May 25, 2018.RetrievedJune 11,2018.