Uppsala Old Cemetery (Swedish: Uppsala gamla kyrkogård) is a cemetery in Uppsala, Sweden.
In July 2024, about 20 grave sites at Uppsala Old Cemetery were vandalized (overturned gravestones, broken grave lanterns and destroyed flower arrangements).[1][2]
Notable burials
edit- Greta Arwidsson (1906–1998)
- Lasse Eriksson (1949–2011)
- Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911)
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905–1961)
- Salomon Eberhard Henschen (1847–1930)
- Gösta Knutsson (1908–1973)
- Lotten von Kræmer (1828–1912)
- Bruno Liljefors (1860–1939)
- Viveca Lindfors (1920–1995)
- Davud Monshizadeh (1914–1989)
- Joachim Daniel Andreas Müller (1812–1857
- Sven Odén (1887–1934)
- Håkan Parkman (1955–1988)
- Anders Fredrik Regnell (1807–1884)
- Jan-Erik Roos (1935–2017)
- Margit Sahlin (1914–2003)
- Carl Einar Thure af Wirsén (1875–1946)
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Chapel, built 1882–1883
External links
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- ^ Nyheter, S. V. T. (2024-07-24). "20 gravplatser vandaliserade – "Någon har gått bärsärkagång"". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Ekberg, Alexander (2024-07-25). "20 gravstenar vandaliserade: "Drivs väl av inre demoner"". www.unt.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-12-19.